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Preserve a quote with permission and uncertainty

Check both the wording and the wish to keep it before turning someone’s words into a keepsake.

Try this

  1. Write what you remember and label it approximate if necessary. Ask whether the speaker wants to correct the words or leave them unrecorded.
  2. Confirm the intended audience, especially if you want to print or post the quote.

A worked example

“I remember you saying something like ‘let’s take the slow route.’ Is that how you remember it, and may I keep it under the photo?”

An invented example to adapt, not a real exchange or a script you have to follow.

Before you leave it here

Do not present a paraphrase as a verbatim quotation. If the person declines, save your own observation about the moment instead of their words.

This is a voluntary planning exercise. Keep your notes private, adapt the language, and leave any question unanswered. It does not require Ourling or a purchase.

Ourling’s library uses AI-assisted original writing. These are practical exercises, not clinical advice or promises about relationship outcomes. Suggest a correction or a missing situation.