We are a people who do not want to keep much of the past in our heads. It is considered unhealthy in America to remember mistakes, neurotic to think about them, psychotic to dwell on them.

Quote by Lillian Hellman

Topics: Memory Quotes

People change and forget to tell each other.

People change and forget to tell each other.

Truth made you a traitor as it often does in a time of scoundrels.

Truth made you a traitor as it often does in a time of scoundrels.

My father was often angry when I was most like him.

My father was often angry when I was most like him.

It's a sad day when you find out that it's not accident or time or...

It's a sad day when you find out that it's not accident or time or...

Since when do we have to agree with people to defend them from injustice?

Since when do we have to agree with people to defend them from injustice?

If I had to give young writers advice, I would say don't listen to writers...

If I had to give young writers advice, I would say don't listen to writers...

The past, with its pleasures, its rewards, its foolishness, its punishments, is there for each...

The past, with its pleasures, its rewards, its foolishness, its punishments, is there for each...

No one can argue any longer about the rights of women. It's like arguing about...

No one can argue any longer about the rights of women. It's like arguing about...

Only the extremely ignorant or the extremely intelligent can resist change.

Only the extremely ignorant or the extremely intelligent can resist change.

They that know no evil will suspect none.

They that know no evil will suspect none.

A child born to a black mother in a state like Mississippi...has exactly the same...

A child born to a black mother in a state like Mississippi...has exactly the same...

The wisdom of man never yet contrived a system of taxation that would operate with...

The wisdom of man never yet contrived a system of taxation that would operate with...

The essence of our effort to see that every child has a chance must be...

The essence of our effort to see that every child has a chance must be...

The idea that men are created free and equal is both true and misleading: men...

The idea that men are created free and equal is both true and misleading: men...

If we don't change our direction we're likely to end up where we're headed.

If we don't change our direction we're likely to end up where we're headed.

Americans are so enamored of equality that they would rather be equal in slavery than...

Americans are so enamored of equality that they would rather be equal in slavery than...

You are always free to change your mind and choose a different future, or a...

You are always free to change your mind and choose a different future, or a...

As long as we can see the same sky, breathe the same air, step on...

As long as we can see the same sky, breathe the same air, step on...

Woman once made equal to man becomes his superior

Woman once made equal to man becomes his superior

Accidents, try to change them -- it's impossible. The accidental reveals man.

Accidents, try to change them -- it's impossible. The accidental reveals man.

Feminism is hated because women are hated. Anti-feminism is a direct expression of misogyny; it...

Feminism is hated because women are hated. Anti-feminism is a direct expression of misogyny; it...