Memoire Quotes & Sayings

Lieux de memoire ... 'exist because there are no longer any milieux de memoire, settings in which memory is a real part of everyday experience.' And what are lieux de memoire? [They] are ... vestiges ... the rituals of a ritual-less society. — Tony Judt

A list of the thirteen types of photograph (plus an afterthought): Aide-memoire Reportage Work of art Topography Erotica/Pornography Advertisement Abstract image Literature Text Autobiography Compositional Functional illustration Snapshot — William Boyd

We shall remember ...... Damascus, the "Pearl of the East", the pride of Syria, the fabled garden of Eden, the home of princes and genii of the Arabian Nights,the oldest metropolis on Earth, the one city in all the world that has kept its name and held its place and looked serenely on while the Kingdoms and Empires of four thousand years have risen to life, enjoyed their little season of pride and pomp, and then vanished and been forgotten — Mark Twain

Hey, maybe we can even convince her to slather some Three Musketeers on her vagina. We'll just tell her you have a Willy Wonka fetish, — Tara Sivec

Truth is always wilder than fiction. Hold on to your hats and enjoy this page turning
look inside the world of sports betting from a good girl gone bad for love.
Laura Atchison, Author of What Would A Wise Woman Do? — Laura Atchison

A good memory is needed once we have lied.
[Fr., Il faut bonne memoire apres qu'on a menti.] — Pierre Corneille

An economist is a man that can tell you ... what can happen under any given condition, and his guess is liable to be as good as anybody else's too. — Will Rogers

Any time you're making a living at what you love to do, you're blessed. — Tom Petty

When I was younger, I was actually looking forward to getting older, to have more insight, more understanding. — Cate Blanchett

When it comes to saving England, Maggy is Ball's Deep — Denis Thatcher

I really try to write every day. It's hard, but it's my favorite thing to do, so it's usually not too, too hard. — Karen Russell

Fairy tales and myths are forms of cultural storage for the natural history of life. — William Irwin Thompson

Water is essential for life, books are essential for knowledge. — Redmond Herring

It doesn't matter where you start but how you finish that matters! — Valerie Irick Rainford

LAURA ATCHISON, Author of "What Would A Wise Woman Do?", on DANGEROUS ODDS by Marisa Lankester:
"Truth is always wilder than fiction.
Hold on to your hats and enjoy this page turning look inside the world of sports betting from a good girl gone bad for love. — Laura Atchison

I've been reading a book lately. That book is Thom Yorke, and the conclusion is that he's brilliant. — Thom Yorke