Like the wind crying endlessly through the universe, Time carries away the names and the deeds of conquerors and commoners alike. And all that we are, all that remains, is in the memories of those who cared we came this way for a brief moment - H.Ellison
It's a poor sort of memory that only works backwards - Lewis Carroll ('Through the Looking Glass')
God gave us memories so that we might have roses in December - James M. Barrie
Canst thou not minister to a mind diseased, pluck from the memory a rooted sorrow, raze out the written troubles of the brain? - from Macbeth, William Shakespeare
By remembering the past, the future is remembered - African tribe Oromo
Behind the dark, deserted halls of memory, inside the sound: "Ahoy!, we have just landed for employ; we need your hands to carry us to our joy" - Steve Harley, Black or White
All writers-all people-have their stores of private and family legends which lie like a collection of half-forgotten, often violent toys on the floor of memory - Sir V(ictor) S(awdon) Pritchett (b. 1900), British writer, novelist, literary critic
Before first going to Ailsa's house in late December 1986, I had been twice before to Brightlingsea, once to a campsite with "the families" (Kellehers, O'Connells, Southons etc.) in about 1976 and then for a party at Joanna Cousins' family's weekend home in about September 1980.
We were married at All Saints Church on 22 July 1989.
An online memorial site allows family and friends to gather and remember loved ones through stories, photos etc.