Misremembering Quotes

“Some things melt before they become memories.”
― Patti Smith, Devotion

“Once upon a time there were two boys who purposefully misremembered things about their father. It made them feel better if ever they forgot things about their mother.”
― Max Porter, Grief Is the Thing with Feathers

“The walls were not as high as a man any longer. Perhaps they had been in the old woman's youth, or perhaps memory had increased them.”
― T. Kingfisher, Nettle & Bone