"I suppose that you cannot truly know whether it is best to remember until it happens."

For there was always a chance that the memories would be unpleasant, more than just sad they would be the memories of one who was not a good person. Delta seemed a good man, Tauriel could only imagine what would happen if he were to find he was not always so.

"But I believe that what you think, say and do tells you who you truly are, Delta. Memories would perhaps tell you why, but they cannot tell you what you are."