Remember Quotes
What stays with us, in the words of those who lived it.
These quotes revolve around memory in different forms: the fading magic of a childhood holiday, the messy notes an idea leaves behind, and a specific recollection tied to a major public demonstration decades ago. For more reflections on time passing and looking back, see Day quotes.
The first story I can remember writing, that I truly set down on paper, was a Christmas story that I wrote when I was ten years old.
The thing about a small town is that there are people who just remember me as a musician, as a high school football player.
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