Katherine Dunn
Katherine Dunn

My dad was a third-generation printer and linotype operator, by all accounts a fabulous ballroom dancer. He was jettisoned from the family before I was 2, and I have never met him and have no memory of him.

Kevin Parker
Kevin Parker

I have almost no memory of my parents ever speaking to each other. They split up on bad terms. I assumed that's what family life was like. Just essentially a soap opera.

Louis L'Amour
Louis L'Amour

No memory is ever alone; it's at the end of a trail of memories, a dozen trails that each have their own associations.

Maria Konnikova
Maria Konnikova

Not only is the past of a person with no memory inaccessible; his ability to think about the future is imperilled. Time travel, then, is ultimately - and paradoxically - an exercise in remembering. And without that capacity it simply cannot exist.

Terry Southern
Terry Southern

An angel has no memory.

Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi
Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi

Princess Leia: Luke, what's wrong?
Luke: Leia, do you remember your mother? Your real mother?
Princess Leia: Just a little bit. She died when I was very young.
Luke: What do you remember?
Princess Leia: Just... images really. Feelings.
Luke: Tell me.

Princess Leia: She was... very beautiful. Kind, but sad. Why are you asking me this?
Luke: I have no memory of my mother. I never knew her.

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

Joel: [in the house on the beach] I have to go. I have to catch my ride.
Clementine: So go!
Joel: I did. I thought maybe you were a nut... but you were exciting.
Clementine: I wish you had stayed.
Joel: I wish I had stayed too. NOW I wish I had stayed. I wish I had done a lot of things.

I wish I had... I wish I had stayed. I do.
Clementine: Well I came back downstairs and you were gone!
Joel: I walked out, I walked out the door!
Clementine: Why?
Joel: I don't know. I felt like a scared little kid, I was like... it was above my head, I don't know.
Clementine: You

were scared?
Joel: Yeah. I thought you knew that about me. I ran back to the bonfire, trying to outrun my humiliation, I think.
Clementine: Was it something I said?
Joel: Yeah... you said "so go." With such disdain, you know?
Clementine: Oh, I'm sorry.
Joel: It's okay.

[Walking Out]
Clementine: Joely? What if you stayed this time?
Joel: I walked out the door. There's no memory left.
Clementine: Come back and make up a good-bye at least. Let's pretend we had one.
[Joel comes back. Clementine walks down the stairs towards him]
Clementine: Bye Joel.

Joel: I love you.
Clementine: Meet me... in Montauk...

X-Men
X-Men

Prof. Charles Francis Xavier: Ah, Logan. I'd like you to meet Ororo Monroe, also called Storm. This is Scott Summers, also called Cyclops. They saved your life. I believe you already know Dr. Jean Grey. You are in my School for the Gifted for Mutants. You'll be safe here from Magneto.
Wolverine: What's a Magneto?
Prof. Charles Francis

Xavier: A very powerful mutant. He believes that a war is brewing between mutants and the rest of humanity. I've been following his activities for some time. The man who attacked you is an associate of his called Sabertooth.
Wolverine: Sabertooth?
[looks at Storm]
Wolverine: Storm.
[looks at Xavier]

Wolverine: What do they call you? "Wheels"? This is the stupidest thing I've ever heard. Students.
[looks at Cyclops]
Wolverine: And Cyclops, right?
[grabs Cyclops]
Wolverine: You wanna get outta my way?
Prof. Charles Francis Xavier: Logan, it's been almost fifteen years, hasn't it? Living from

day to day, moving from place to place, with no memory of who or what you are.
Wolverine: Shut up!
Prof. Charles Francis Xavier: Give me a chance. I might be able to help you find some answers.
Wolverine: How do you know?
Prof. Charles Francis Xavier: [telepathy] You're not the only one with special

gifts.

Back to the Future Part II
Back to the Future Part II

[Doc and Marty in the time machine are about to depart from the Alternate 1985]
Doc: Time circuits on.
Marty McFly: What do you mean "Time Circuits on"? Doc, we're not goin' back now!
Doc: Yep.
Marty McFly: Doc, What about Jennifer? What about Einstein? We can't just leave 'em here.

Doc: Don't worry, Marty. Assuming we succeed in our mission, this alternate 1985 will be changed back into the real 1985, instantaneously transforming around Jennifer and Einie. Jennifer and Einie will be fine, and they will have absolutely no memory of this horrible place.
Marty McFly: Doc... what if we don't succeed?
Doc: We *must*

succeed.

Zootopia
Zootopia

Yax: As you can see, Nangi's an elephant, so she'll totally remember everything. Hey, Nangi. These dudes have some questions about Emmitt the otter.
Nangi: Who?
Yax: Uh... Emmitt Otterton? Been coming to your yoga class for, like, six years?
Nangi: I have no memory of this beaver.
Judy

Hopps: Yeah, he's an otter, actually.
Yax: He was here a couple Wednesdays ago, remember?
Nangi: No.
Yax: Yeah, he was wearing a green cable-knit sweater vest and a new pair of corduroy slacks. Oh, and a paisley tie, sweet Windsor knot. Real tight. Remember that, Nangi?
Nangi: No.

Yax: Yeah, and we both walked him out, and he got into this big old white car with a silver trim. Needed a tune-up. The third cylinder wasn't firing. Remember that, Nangi?
Nangi: No.
Judy Hopps: Uh, uh... you didn't happen to catch the license plate number, did you?
Yax: Oh, for sure. It was 2-9-T-H-D-0-3.

Judy Hopps: [taking notes] 0-3. Wow. This is a lot of great info. Thank you.
Yax: Told you Nangi has a mind like a steel trap. Oh, I wish I had a memory like an elephant.