Memory Quotes

“The past would be useful if you could use it like that, as a place where you could bury dead bodies, shovelling this convenient loss of memory into the grave to cover up their faces. That’s not what the past was for, though. It was where the present went to rot down, so you could use it to grow the future. He smiled; nice piece of imagery, but it was too glib to fool anyone.”
― K.J. Parker, Memory

“I don't believe in gods, only in religion.”
― K.J. Parker, Memory

“master of alternatives, the eternal custodian of Plan B;”
― K.J. Parker, Memory

“Poldarn ran, and he ran. No idea where he was going, not interested; when you’d got nowhere to go, you could go anywhere”
― K.J. Parker, Memory

“Poldarn opened the book at the flyleaf. Written in the top left-hand corner: If this book should chance to roam, Box its ears and send it home.”
― K.J. Parker, Memory

“In the end he came to the conclusion that it was like being chased by his own shadow; it could never actually catch him, but it’d never give up trying.”
― K.J. Parker, Memory

“It was good to know that memory could be melted down and recast if it came out flawed the first time around, just like a bell.”
― K.J. Parker, Memory

“That’s not what the past was for, though. It was where the present went to rot down, so you could use it to grow the future. He smiled; nice piece of imagery, but it was too glib to fool anyone.”
― K.J. Parker, Memory

“Why, when he’d been a kid . . . The mail coach arrived before Corvolo had a chance to tell Poldarn the complete history of his life, which was probably just as well. Corvolo had an amazing memory and could recall trivial conversations from thirty years ago, apparently word for word. If the coach had been even a quarter of an hour late, Poldarn was sure he’d have murdered the old man.”
― K.J. Parker, Memory

“the guilty are innocent, only the innocent can commit crimes.”
― K.J. Parker, Memory

“Only, I’m sure I remember you, because you were riding along down the street on a great big white horse, and people were cheering like you were somebody important.’ Poldarn grinned. ‘Do I look important?’ ‘No,’ the young man said. ‘But neither do a lot of important people.”
― K.J. Parker, Memory