Dan Simmons Quotes about Memories

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Wilkie Collins was a rival and competitor of Dickens. His novel Moonstone sold more copies at the time than Dickens' last two books. But that meant nothing in the long run. Right now, to be honest, Wilkie Collins is

Wilkie Collins was a rival and competitor of Dickens. His novel Moonstone sold more copies at the time than Dickens' last two books. But that meant nothing in the long run. Right now, to be honest, Wilkie Collins is what he deserved to be back then: a footnote, an almost lost memory. And he knew he would become that.

Dan Simmons

Running, Memories, Book

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She had always felt that the essence of human experience lay not primarily in the peak experiences, the wedding days and triumphs which stood out in the memory like dates circled in red on old calendars, but, rather, in the unself-conscious flow of little things - the weekend afternoon with each member of the family engaged in his or her own pursuit, their crossings and connections casual, dialogues imminently forgettable, but the sum of such hours creating a synergy which was important and eternal.

Dan Simmons

Time, Memories, Weekend

"Hyperion". Book by Dan Simmons, 1989.

Human beings have only that confusing mass of chemically driven neurological storage to rely on. They're all subjective and emotion-tinged. How can they trust any of their memories?

Dan Simmons

Memories, Confusing, Emotion

Dan Simmons (2009). “Olympos”, p.74, Harper Collins

How could anyone stay sane with entire lifetimes stored in one human mind?

Dan Simmons

Memories, Mind, Lifetime

Dan Simmons (2011). “Endymion”, p.72, Spectra

The young remember most deeply.... When we are old and failing, it is the memories of childhood which can be summoned most clearly.

Dan Simmons

Memories, Childhood, Remember

Dan Simmons (2014). “The Hyperion Cantos 4-Book Bundle: Hyperion, The Fall of Hyperion, Endymion, The Rise of Endymion”, p.2723, Spectra

The life of a poet lies not merely in the finite language-dance of expression but in the nearly infinite combinations of perception and memory combined with the sensitivity to what is perceived and remembered.

Dan Simmons

Memories, Lying, Expression

Dan Simmons (2014). “The Hyperion Cantos 4-Book Bundle: Hyperion, The Fall of Hyperion, Endymion, The Rise of Endymion”, p.234, Spectra