Things We Forget

But when you get to my age, there are many things that you forget.
For starters you forget what you studied at school. Especially things you studied in algebra class. I’ve forgotten all of that. I’ve forgotten the names of all but one or two teachers. I’ll probably forget their names soon too. I’ve forgotten what happened in classes, my grades and when my friends’ birthdays were. I’ve forgotten the lyrics of songs I’ve heard hundreds of times. Like, I’ve forgotten, umm, umm, what’s it called again? Um... you know... you know.... Ah, like Simon & Garfunkel songs.

And slowly, very slowly, you also forget the tastes of things and things that really hurt. Even things I thought I would never ever forget slowly faded into lost memories. Guys from the past, guys that were awkward, girls who were cute, girls who were smart, who went to what university, whose parties were great, you end up forgetting all of that stuff.
People you said you loved... People you truly loved... even the people who you think you’ll remember till the very end.

Mmm, but that’s why the waves of memories get thinner. It’s because it’s possible to forget those things that makes it possible for us to love someone else in the future.

- 誰かが私にキスをした (Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac)