The popular idea that a child forgets easily is not an accurate one. Many people go right through life in the grip of an idea which has been impressed on them in very tender years.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I think it's difficult to forget things that are unresolved.
To my mind, forgetting is a risky strategy for living. Memory is essential to us. It is DNA. We need to remember, and we need to imagine. That's why we have books, writing, fiction.
Sometimes children do forget their filial responsibilities.
I don't think forgetting is an important feature of human memory. I think it's important to be able to remember things accurately.
A good memory is one trained to forget the trivial.
The powerlessness of the child is often forgotten. And after it comes the terrifying phase of moving into adulthood.
It's so necessary to try and record the cultural memory of people. To set it down for generations to come. To better understand where we are headed. The problem is, a good portion of what we choose to remember is about willed forgetting. Which we all do, I believe, to protect ourselves from what is too difficult.
A lot of people can't remember things because they weren't actually there to begin with - they don't take it all in.
One of the most obvious facts about grown-ups, to a child, is that they have forgotten what it is like to be a child.
There is nothing on earth so easy as to forget, if a person chooses to set about it. I'm sure I have as much forgot your poor, dear uncle, as if he had never existed; and I thought it my duty to do so.