A lot of people can't remember things because they weren't actually there to begin with - they don't take it all in.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
There are lots of people who mistake their imagination for their memory.
Memory is the way we keep telling ourselves our stories - and telling other people a somewhat different version of our stories.
It's like your children talking about holidays, you find they have a quite different memory of it from you. Perhaps everything is not how it is, but how it's remembered.
I've actually got quite a good memory. I've good recall. It's often things which other people might not notice.
There's a preoccupation with memory and the operation of memory and a rather rapacious interest in history.
Memory is often less about the truth than about what we want it to be.
Recalling a memory is not like playing a tape recorder. It's a creative process.
Memories are what you no longer want to remember.
Memory is the thing you forget with.
If it's hard to remember, it'll be difficult to forget.