Arthur Schopenhauer, Parerga and Paralipomena, tr. E. F. J. Payne, (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2000 [1974]), vol. II., ch. XXII., §268, p. 498:
The presence of an idea is like that of a loved one. We imagine that we shall never forget it and that the beloved can never become indifferent to us; but out of sight, out of mind! The finest thought runs the risk of being irretrievably forgotten if it is not written down, and the beloved ofbeing taken from us unless she has been wedded.
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