In the practical use of our intellect, forgetting is as important as remembering.

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

What was the point of being able to forgive, when deep down, you both had to admit you'd never 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)

To forgive is wisdom, to forget is genius.

Our intelligence cannot wall itself up alive, like a pupa in a chrysalis. It must at any cost keep on speaking terms with the universe that engendered it.