Quotes About Past Memories Novels & Stories

“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.

“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.”

“People can carry memories and still continue living.” Tahimik siyang nakinig. “You don't have to erase your past to have a future.” For a few seconds, walang nagsalita sa amin. Then Killian slowly leaned back against the cocoon chair. “You make things sound simple.” Napangiti ako. “Hindi naman simple.” “Then?” “Maybe we just make things more complicated than they need to be.” Napabuntong-hininga siya. “Coming from you?”

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.

sabi nito. Pinag-ikot niya ang kaniyang mga mata. “Oo nga naman. Pero minsan, hindi basehan ang haba ng panahon para masabing magaganda at solid lahat ng memories na nabubuo natin. May maiiksing moment pero makabuluhan ang memories. Depende. Nasa tao naman ‘yan kung paano tanawin ang memories. Kasi, kahit gaano ‘yan kadami, iilan lang ang tatatak talaga sa atin, iyong mas beneficial. Admit it,” buwelta niya. Natahimik na ang panig ni Janica.

“Coming in the door and getting a hug from you was a breath of life for me at the end of a long day. We could sit and play or read and it was so easy to be together.” Dahil sa hikbi ni Missamy, niyakap ko na siya. Yeah, I think we were close those times Dad. “Time is strange thing. It's hard to appreciate what you have until you're looking back at it. Those days are gone and exist only in happy and bittersweet memories. How can happy memories make me so sad? Did I hug you enough back the? Did I appreciate what I had? Probably not. Oh, to have those little hugs again.”

Siguro, kaya napansin ko agad siya kasi may kakaiba sa article patungkol sa kanya. "Past has a lot of unknown and unfinished stories, isn't it?" tanong na naman nung lalaki kaya muli akong napatingin sa kanya at ngumiti. "Pero may hindi dapat kinakalimutan para hindi mabago." Kasi hanggang ngayon, may mga taong gusto pa ring baguhin ang history. Well, they can't do that today. We will never forget. Never again.