Who said "Forgetting is as important to survival as remembering."?

This quote is attributed to John Banville.

Forgetting is as important to survival as remembering. - John Banville

"Forgetting is as important to survival as remembering."

John Banville Life

Novelist Irish Born 1945 (age 81)

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