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Memory is the treasury and guardian of all things.

Memory runs by its own itinerary, departing and arriving at stations of the past on its own schedule.

A memory is what is left when something happens and does not completely unhappen.

Memory is the treasure house of the mind wherein the monuments thereof are kept and preserved.

Memory is a way of telling you what's important to you.

When I climb into my car, I enter my destination into a GPS device, whose spatial memory supplants my own. I have photographs to store the images I want to remember, books to store knowledge and now, thanks to Google, I rarely have to remember anything more than the right set of search terms to access humankind's collective memory.

Memory is a magnet. It will pull to it and hold only material nature has designed it to attract.

Memory narrativises itself.

Not only the Archivist alone but all who work for NARA are designated custodians of America's national memory.

A collection is not just one basic idea. It comes from something that is in the air, something you suddenly like and put down on paper and then work out.