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title: "17 Escape Past Quotes by 16 authors"
description: "Browse 17 Escape Past quotes by 16 authors. Discover the best Escape Past sayings and thoughts."
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> [“How could you escape a past that was so determined to make you pay?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-davidson/how-could-you-escape-a-past-that-was-so-determined-to-make-you-pay/)

[Andrew Davidson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-davidson/)

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> [“The only way to escape the past is to keep moving forward.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kirsten-hubbard/the-only-way-to-escape-the-past-is-to-keep-moving-forward/)

[Kirsten Hubbard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kirsten-hubbard/)

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> [“You can't escape the past, until you accept what has passed.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-stutler/you-can-t-escape-the-past-until-you-accept-what-has-passed/)

[Tim Stutler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-stutler/)

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> [I love being able to escape my past, even though my past was great.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/perry-farrell/i-love-being-able-to-escape-my-past-even-though-my-past-was-great/)

[Perry Farrell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/perry-farrell/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/846/perry-farrell-26604_able_i-love-being-able-to-escape-my-past-even_1418581.png)

> [“You can't escape your past by running from it.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-m-stunich/you-can-t-escape-your-past-by-running-from-it/)

[C.M. Stunich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-m-stunich/)

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> [“I am trying to escape from the past memories of ours but all my efforts are going in vain”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/premika-patil/i-am-trying-to-escape-from-the-past-memories-of-ours-but-all-my/)

[Premika Patil](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/premika-patil/)

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> [I guess no matter how hard you try, you can't escape your past.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joel-osteen/i-guess-no-matter-how-hard-you-try-you-can-t-escape-your-past/)

[Joel Osteen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joel-osteen/)

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> [“The dead are the past and we cannot escape the past. Without the past there will be no future.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-r-gott/the-dead-are-the-past-and-we-cannot-escape-the-past-without-the-past/)

[M.R. Gott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-r-gott/)

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> [Let's escape the past. The past didn't work. All we have is the future, and I'm the one who wrote "no future…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-lydon/let-s-escape-the-past-the-past-didn-t-work-all-we-have-is-the-future/)

[John Lydon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-lydon/)

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> [“Wanderlove is about forgetting the bad things and focusing on the good. Out with the old and in with the new... The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kirsten-hubbard/wanderlove-is-about-forgetting-the-bad-things-and-focusing-on-the/)

[Kirsten Hubbard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kirsten-hubbard/)

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> [You can't escape the past in Paris, and yet what's so wonderful about it is that the past and present intermingle so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/allen-ginsberg/you-can-t-escape-the-past-in-paris-and-yet-what-s-so-wonderful-about/)

[Allen Ginsberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/allen-ginsberg/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/93f/allen-ginsberg-1110_burden_you-can-t-escape-the-past-in-paris-and-y_944394.jpg)

> [Our post-war generation were struggling to escape the past and the burden of guilt we carried and to find a new way.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/astrid-kirchherr/our-post-war-generation-were-struggling-to-escape-the-past-and-the/)

[Astrid Kirchherr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/astrid-kirchherr/)

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> [“They say you can't escape your past, but I don't believe that. I believe you escape it every day, over and over…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-richards/they-say-you-can-t-escape-your-past-but-i-don-t-believe-that-i/)

[Susan Richards](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-richards/)

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> [The best way to escape from the past is not to avoid or forget it, But to accept and forgive it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/the-best-way-to-escape-from-the-past-is-not-to-avoid-or-forget-it-but/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [You cannot escape from your past! But you can understand it! And once you understand it, you don't have to escape from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mehmet-murat-ildan/you-cannot-escape-from-your-past-but-you-can-understand-it-and-once/)

[Mehmet Murat Ildan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mehmet-murat-ildan/)

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> [But there is, I have learned, no permanent escape from the past. It may be an unrecognized law of our nature that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ellen-glasgow/but-there-is-i-have-learned-no-permanent-escape-from-the-past-it-may/)

[Ellen Glasgow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ellen-glasgow/)

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> [“No one can escape their past. The sins we've committed... and the sadness we've caused... No matter how far we run, our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phoenix-wright/no-one-can-escape-their-past-the-sins-we-ve-committed-and-the-sadness/)

[Phoenix Wright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/phoenix-wright/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/029/phoenix-wright-269795_coping_no-one-can-escape-their-past-the-sins-we_1494590.jpg)

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