Contiguous Memory Quotes & Sayings

Too much contemporary fiction seems purposefully to address small things in small ways. And yet why not try for the all-inclusive, the gripping, for the audacious? — Darin Strauss

To be surprised, to wonder, is to begin to understand. — Jose Ortega Y Gasset

We need imagination in programming, not sterility; creativity, not imitation; experimentation, not conformity; excellence, not mediocrity. Television is filled with creative, imaginative people. You must strive to set them free. — Newton N. Minow

The reality that I had known no longer existed. The places that we have known belong now only to the little world of space on which we map them for our own convenience. None of them was ever more than a thin slice, held between the contiguous impressions that composed our life at that time; remembrance of a particular form is but regret for a particular moment; and houses, roads, avenues are as fugitive, alas, as the years. — Marcel Proust

Prosperity is the best protector of principle. — Mark Twain

Believe me, when a woman loves a man, you do not win her heart by crossing swords with him. — Alexandre Dumas

The places we have known do not belong solely to the world of space in which we situate them for our greater convenience. They were only a thin slice among contiguous impressions which formed our life at that time; the memory of a certain image is but regret for a certain moment; and houses, roads, avenues are as fleeting, alas, as the years. — Marcel Proust

After the chills and fever of love, how nice is the 98.6 degrees of marriage. — Mignon McLaughlin

Nick thought that if a succubus ever got to Alan, he would probably want to take her out to dinner and talk about her feelings before he'd accept any dark demonic delights. — Sarah Rees Brennan

Memories bring with them a devil called melancholy - oh, cruel demon that I cannot escape. Hearing — Paulo Coelho