I Am the Cheese Memory and The Past Quotes

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Quote #10

T: I think you have reached the point where you cannot stifle the memories, whatever you wish to call them, any longer. [...] The memories are there – they must come out, they must emerge, they cannot be allowed to fester any longer. (28.35)

Can a memory be a memory if nobody remembers it? Does it even exist before it is recognized and expressed?