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Forgotten Things Quotes

You must go in quest of yourself, and you will find yourself again only in the simple and forgotten things.

You must go in quest of yourself, and you will find yourself again only in the simple and forgotten things.

Carl Jung
Simple, Forgotten Things, Finding Yourself
Carl Gustav Jung, Meredith Sabini (2002). “The Earth Has a Soul: The Nature Writings of C.G. Jung”, p.6, North Atlantic Books

In a dancer, there is a reverence for such forgotten things as the miracle of the small beautiful bones and their delicate strength.

Martha Graham
Beautiful, Dance, Forgotten Things
Martha Graham (1991). “Blood Memory”, Washington Square Press

Into every empty corner, into all forgotten things and nooks, nature struggles to pour life, pouring life into the dead, life into life itself.

Henry Beston
Nature, Struggle, Forgotten Things
Henry Beston, Elizabeth Jane Coatsworth (2001). “The Best of Beston: A Selection from the Natural World of Henry Beston from Cape Cod to the St. Lawrence”, p.28, David R. Godine Publisher

Dreams are but interludes that fancy makes... Sometimes forgotten things, long cast behind Rush forward in the brain, and come to mind.

John Dryden
Dream, Forgotten Things, Long

We've outsourced our memories to digital devices, and the result is that we no longer trust our memories. We see every small forgotten thing as evidence that they're failing us.

Joshua Foer
Memories, Forgotten Things, Digital

Many forgotten things live still in children's tales.

Alison Croggon
Children, Forgotten Things, Tales

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