Memory is the way we keep telling ourselves our stories - and telling other people a somewhat different version of our stories.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Even as I think of myself as a 'rememberer,' I also know my memory is probably doing all this work to reconstruct a narrative where I come off better.
Memory is a fiction we tell ourselves: just a piece of the truth.
Maybe I should say that memory interests me a great deal, because I think we all tell stories of our lives to ourselves as well as to other people. Well, women do, anyway. Women do this a lot. And I think when men get older, they do this too, but maybe in slightly different terms.
Memories are just stories we tell ourselves about our past; and that's often why they don't match when we've shared the same experiences with someone.
We don't only tell stories when we set out to tell stories, our memory tells us stories. That is, what we get to keep from our experiences is a story.
Memory is not pure. Memories told are not pure memories; memories told are stories. The storyteller will change them. I've always been interested in that.
Memory is often less about the truth than about what we want it to be.
Memory is a way of telling you what's important to you.
Memory narrativises itself.
Memory is the personal journalism of the soul.
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