Perhaps too much value is assigned to memory, not enough to thinking. Remembering is an ethical act, has ethical value in and of itself. Memory is, achingly, the only relation we can have with the dead.

Susan Sontag
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When you are the one who has passed on, no one can tell you how to remember them. You are the one that has to figure out what to remember. If it is good, be happy about it. If it is bad, use it as a lesson so that you do not repeat the same mistakes in the future. It is very important to honor the memories of the ones who have gone before us so that we do not repeat their mistakes or suffer from their sufferings, but also to learn from them so that we can make our lives better.

Source: Regarding The Pain Of Others

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