Novel & Cerita Quotes About Past Memories

“Jel, naniniwala kaba na kahit nawalan ka ng alaala ay hindi mo parin makakalimutan ang mga bagay na kong saan ka magaling? Tulad ng pag piano.” Napaisip ako. “Oo?” patanong na sagot ko. “Diba sa mga movie or series, kahit may amnesia sila ay hindi parin nila nakakalimutan ang mga talentinto nila? Sabi nila utak lang ang nakalimot pero ang katawan mo naaalala ‘yon. Pero bakit mo naman na itanong?” Umiling lang siya at ngumiti ng pilit bilang sagot.

"You don't wanna remember everything now? Iyong mga nangyari sa nakaraan ay pababayaan mo nalang na tuluyang maglaho? Gano'n-gan'on lang, Sap?" "I don't get why is the need to remember my past when it was nothing but heartaches and pain in the first place? May importante bang bagay roon na kailangan kong balikan? Wala naman, 'di ba? They were just filled with bullshits, so para saan pa?" Will shook his head in disappointment, hindi nito magawang tingnan si Sapphire sa takot na mapansin nito ang dinidibdib niyang sakit sa biglang pagbabago ng isip nito.

“Oo... medyo marami lang talagang pumapasok sa isip ko ngayon. Sobrang naghahalo-halo lang.” Sinalubong ni Ma'am Elena ang tingin ko nang may malambing na pag-unawa. “Huwag mong pilitin ang sarili mo, hija. Memory is a strange thing. Minsan, kapag mas pinipilit mo itong alalahanin, mas lalo itong nagtatago at lumalayo.”

At tama naman siya. “What? You avoid that fact?” “Why are you bringing up that topic?” iritado kong tanong habang nakakunot ang noo ko. “It’s in the past.” “And?” Bahagyang naghiwalay ang mga labi ko. Saglit akong napahinto, pero hindi ako umatras. “And we have to forget about it, Mr. Monteverde.” Sumimsim siya ng kape. May kakaibang tunog pa iyon—slow, deliberate—at hindi ko maiwasang maalala kung paano niya—

Catalina used to believe that memories were soft things. She believed they faded gently, like chalk washed away by rain, like the distant echo of laughter that once lived in a playground but never truly stayed. She was wrong. Memories were sharp. They waited. They cut deepest when you thought you were safe.

Ilang sandali pa ay natagpuan na lang niya ang kanyang sarili sa loob ng kotse. “Paano mo muling makukuha ang tiwala ko niyan kung ganyan ka? At pwede ba? Anong pinagsasabi mong nagustuhan ko? The past is like age, it can't be returned, Atticus. Huwag mo ng lingunin iyon, please lang. Dadalhin kita ng hospital!”

Pero maya maya namalayan ko na nagsasalita na ito ng sobrang hina. "Kung pwede lang.." Bulong ni Zach "Kung pwede ko lang kalimutan ang lahat na nangyari sa nakaraan ko.. At maging masaya na lang..." Malungkot ang boses nito. His past is messing up with him again.

Ngayon, na-realize ko na masyado pala siyang nasaktan nang mawala ‘yong lolo niya dahil siya mismo ay nakita kung paano ito mag agaw-buhay noon. Memories are indeed powerful and scary at the same time. Powerful dahil kayang ibalik nito ang pakiramdam ng nakaraan at nakakatakot dahil hindi lahat ng nakaraan ay masaya at worth it matandaan. Now, I’m scared of my own memories. “Maybe it hurts a lot right now, pero matututunan mo ring yakapin ‘yong sakit na dala ng memorya mong ‘yon, Vic.”

I was silently gazing out the window, reminiscing about the moments in the past that we spent between me and Logan. I glanced up at the gray skies, the clouds heavy with the promise of rain. The memories flooded in like a tide I couldn't stop. How his presence could light up even in my darkest days, it all felt so vivid as if it had just happened yesterday. Yet, those memories, no matter how beautiful, were now nothing more than fragments of a time I could never return to.

“You’re right. It’s all in the past now. Tama ka rin, may sari-sarili na tayong buhay at pamilya. Hindi na dapat ako nagmamakaawang bumalik ka sa ‘kin. Pero paano ko pipigilan, Emory? When everything just reminds me of us?” “I can relate to that,” she said and chuckled. “But we need to accept that those memories will remain memories forever. We can’t just turn back time just to correct the mistakes we did. The only thing we can do now is learn from it.” She looked at him and he looked back. Pareho silang naluluha kaya hindi niya maiwasang mapangiti nang mapait.