«A place belongs forever to whoever claims it hardest, remembers it most obsessively, wrenches it from itself, shapes it, renders it, loves it so radically that he remakes it in his own image.»

«All photographs are there to remind us of what we forget. In this -- as in other ways -- they are the opposite of paintings. Paintings record what the painter remembers. Because each one of us forgets different things, a photo more than a painting may change its meaning according to who is looking at it.»

«A good conversationalist is not one who remembers what was said, but says what someone wants to remember.»

«A wise man remembers his friends at all times; a fool, only when he has need of them.»

«Even his griefs are a joy, long after, to one that remembers all that he wrought and endured»

«A man always remembers his first love with special tenderness, but after that he begins to bunch them.»

«Don't you know my name yet? That's the only answer. Tell me, who are you alone, yourself and nameless? But you are young and I am old. Eldest, that's what I am. Mark my words, my friends: Tom was here before the river and the trees; Tom remembers the first raindrop and the first acorn. He made paths before the Big People, and saw the little People arriving. He was here before the Kings and the graves and the Barrow-wights. When the Elves passed westward, Tom was here already, before the seas were bent. He knew the dark under the stars when it was fearless - before the Dark Lord came from Outside.»

«A nation reveals itself not only by the men it produces but also by the men it honors, the men it remembers»

«Everything is only for a day, both that which remembers and that which is remembered»

«A diplomat is a man who always remembers a woman's birthday but never remembers her age.»