Lingering Memory Quotes

The temple bell stops but I still hear the sound coming out of the flowers.

Men always remember a woman who caused them concern and uneasiness.

I do not, in fact, use many puns. Certainly there are far fewer than people believe. But I suspect the ones I do occasionally use tend to hang around in people's memories for a while.

I really carried that seventh-round tag with me my whole career, even at the end.

My dear sir, it haunted me for the rest of my life.

I have found that there are moments when someone uses language that sears itself into the head [of the listener]. Those are the moments I look for.

The song is ended, but the melody lingers on.

It is curious how sometimes the memory of death lives on for so much longer than the memory of the life that it purloined. Over the years, as the memory of Sophie Mol ... slowly faded, the Loss of Sophie Mol grew robust and alive. It was always there. Like a fruit in season. Every season. As permanent as a government job.