Memory
All those who survived the Ice March, which soon acquired the dimensions of legend, were awarded a Crown of Thorns Medal, pierced by a sword, in memory of their courage and their martyrdom.
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Famous quotes containing the word memory:
“But what do you keep of me?
The memory of my bones flying
up into your hands.”
—Anne Sexton (1928–1974)
“Vashtar: So it’s finished. A structure to house one man and the greatest treasure of all time.
Senta: And a structure that will last for all time.
Vashtar: Only history will tell that.
Senta: Sire, will he not be remembered?
Vashtar: Yes, he’ll be remembered. The pyramid’ll keep his memory alive. In that he built better than he knew.”
—William Faulkner (1897–1962)
“I cannot walk through the suburbs in the solitude of the night without thinking that the night pleases us because it suppresses idle details, just as our memory does.”
—Jorge Luis Borges (1899–1986)