“That was the morning I committed the first sin of love, which was to confuse beauty and a good sound track with knowledge.”— Stephanie Danler, amazon.com
“We all walk in a cloud of mourning for the New York that just disappeared.”— Stephanie Danler, amazon.com
“We are all our own graveyards, I believe; we squat amongst the tombs of the people we were.”— Clive Barker, books.google.com
“What's happened before and what may happen later can't be as important as what's happening now.”— Michael J Fox, amazon.com
“If you have one foot in yesterday and one foot in tomorrow, you're pissing all over today.”— Michael J. Fox, amazon.com
“It seems to me that the quality of a moment in time is not always a reflection of the moment in and of itself—what happens before and what happens after are often what give it its savor.”— Michael J Fox, amazon.com
“No amount of regretting can change the past, and no amount of worrying can change the future.”— Roy T. Bennett, amazon.com
“Basically, if the mind stays in the present, it’s impossible to worry. Upon careful consideration, it becomes clear that human beings are capable of worrying only about an event that has already transpired or one that may take place in the future (although the occurrence might have just happened or…”— H.E. Davey, amazon.com
“When you understand, that what you're telling is just a story. It isn't happening anymore. When you realize the story you're telling is just words, when you can just crumble up and throw your past in the trashcan, then we'll figure out who you're going to be.”— Chuck Palahniuk, amazon.com
“The future you have, tomorrow, won't be the same future you had, yesterday.”— Chuck Palahniuk, amazon.com
“People are all over the world telling their one dramatic story and how their life has turned into getting over this one event. Now their lives are more about the past than their future.”— Chuck Palahniuk, amazon.com
“Don't look behind you. Unless someone yells, "Look out behind you!" Then you should definitely look behind you because there's a good chance a Frisbee is being thrown at your head or, if you're in a movie, an attractive teenage vampire is about to attack you.”— Ellen Degeneres, amazon.com
“Let the past hold on to itself and let the present move forward into the future.”— Douglas Adams, amazon.com
“People are always shouting they want to create a better future. It's not true. The future is an apathetic void of no interest to anyone. The past is full of life, eager to irritate us, provoke and insult us, tempt us to destroy or repaint it. The only reason people want to be masters of the future i…”— Milan Kundera, amazon.com
“People are always shouting they want to create a better future. It's not true. The future is an apathetic void of no interest to anyone. The past is full of life, eager to irritate us, provoke and insult us, tempt us to destroy or repaint it. The only reason people want to be masters of the future i…”— Milan Kundera, amazon.com
“I think we are well advised to keep on nodding terms with the people we used to be, whether we find them attractive company or not. Otherwise, they turn up unannounced and surprise us, come hammering on the mind's door at 4 a.m of a bad night and demand to know who deserted them, who betrayed them,…”— Joan Didion, amazon.com
“It's strange indeed how memories can lie dormant in a man's mind for so many years. Yet those memories can be awakened and brought forth fresh and new, just by something you've seen, or something you've heard, or the sight of an old familiar face.”— Wilson Rawls, amazon.com
“I’m saying, for your own sake, for the sake of your future happiness, you have got to look away from it to start your journey forward. Once you do, your life will change. It’s not going to be overnight. It’s definitely not going to be momentary. But one day, you will wake up and find the heaviness o…”— Nikita Gill, thoughtcatalog.com