Rememory/Dismemory in "Beloved"

page 191
Wrapped tight, hunched forward, as she started home her mind was busy with the things she could forget.
Thank God I don't have to rememory or say a thing because you know it. All. You know I never would a left you. Never. It was all I could think of to do. When the train came I had to be ready.

Questions:
1) If Sethe can forget these memories, why does she remember them? If she doesn't have to rememory these things, why does she?

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