Blessed are those who give without remembering and take without forgetting.

Blessed are those who can give without remembering and take without forgetting.

Take without forgetting, and give without remembering.

But the thing about remembering is that you don't forget.

We seem to live in a world where forgetting and oblivion are an industry in themselves and very, very few people are remotely interested or aware of their own recent history, much less their neighbors'. I tend to think we are what we remember, what we know. The less we remember, the less we know about ourselves, the less we are. (Interview with Three Monkeys Online, October 2008)

A man who is available for lunch, has no wife, is interested in everything, and talks well is socially invaluable.