--- title: "1 Gave Thought Quotes By Philip Reeve" description: "1 Gave Thought quotes by Philip Reeve. Plus more from Philip Reeve and more Gave Thought sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/527/philip-reeve-13157_next-week_in-the-old-days-i-d-never-given-a-though_2788673.png" --- > [“In the old days, I'd never given a thought to the future, and not much to the past. I'd lived simply in the now. I'd been happy if I had enough to eat, and nobody was hitting me. I'd been…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-reeve/in-the-old-days-i-d-never-given-a-thought-to-the-future-and-not-much/) [Philip Reeve](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-reeve/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/527/philip-reeve-13157_next-week_in-the-old-days-i-d-never-given-a-though_2788673.png) ## More by Philip Reeve > [“She wanted to stop, but she was riding a wave of memory and it was carrying her backward to that night, that room, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-reeve/she-wanted-to-stop-but-she-was-riding-a-wave-of-memory-and-it-was/) [Philip Reeve](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-reeve/) > [he cut through the 21st Century Gallery, past the big plastic statues of Pluto and Mickey, animal headed gods of lost America](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-reeve/he-cut-through-the-21st-century-gallery-past-the-big-plastic-statues/) [Philip Reeve](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-reeve/) > [“Its a town eat town world”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-reeve/its-a-town-eat-town-world/) [Philip Reeve](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-reeve/) > [“It will be all right, Tom. Wherever we go now, whatever becomes of us, we'll be together, and it will all be all right.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-reeve/it-will-be-all-right-tom-wherever-we-go-now-whatever-becomes-of-us-we/) [Philip Reeve](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-reeve/) > [“The Scriven men wore stack-heeled boots and pearl-studded evening coats; the ladies in their vast skirts looked like mythical creatures, half woman, half sofa.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-reeve/the-scriven-men-wore-stack-heeled-boots-and-pearl-studded-evening/) [Philip Reeve](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-reeve/) > [“Oenone had found the chapel by accident, and was not certain what kept drawing her back to it. She was not a Christian. Few…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-reeve/oenone-had-found-the-chapel-by-accident-and-was-not-certain-what-kept/) [Philip Reeve](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-reeve/) > [“Uncle knows best.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-reeve/uncle-knows-best/) [Philip Reeve](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-reeve/) > [“But the look on his face was so strange that I hadn't the heart to take his story away from him. He believed it,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-reeve/but-the-look-on-his-face-was-so-strange-that-i-hadn-t-the-heart-to/) [Philip Reeve](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-reeve/) > [“And isn't that what all boys want and all men, too? Just to be taken seriously?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-reeve/and-isn-t-that-what-all-boys-want-and-all-men-too-just-to-be-taken/) [Philip Reeve](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-reeve/) > [Godshawk looked surprised, the way that people generally do when you ask them philosophical questions in shrubberies in the middle of the night.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-reeve/godshawk-looked-surprised-the-way-that-people-generally-do-when-you/) [Philip Reeve](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-reeve/) > [“Outside, Melliphant's ear flattened itself against the wood of the door like a pale slug.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-reeve/outside-melliphant-s-ear-flattened-itself-against-the-wood-of-the/) [Philip Reeve](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-reeve/) > [“Waste not, want not’ is the Engineers’ motto, Miss. Properly processed human ordure makes very useful fuel for our city’s engines. And we are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-reeve/waste-not-want-not-is-the-engineers-motto-miss-properly-processed/) [Philip Reeve](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-reeve/) > [I don't travel much; I just stay at home and imagine weird places.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-reeve/i-don-t-travel-much-i-just-stay-at-home-and-imagine-weird-places/) [Philip Reeve](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-reeve/) > [Is it...dead?" asked Tom, his voice all quivery with fright. "A town just ran over him," said Hester. "I shouldn't think he's very well...](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-reeve/is-it-dead-asked-tom-his-voice-all-quivery-with-fright-a-town-just/) [Philip Reeve](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-reeve/) > [“The closest she had been to them was certain summer evenings when they had gone for picnics in the magravine's ice-barge -- simple family…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-reeve/the-closest-she-had-been-to-them-was-certain-summer-evenings-when/) [Philip Reeve](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-reeve/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/gave-thought/philip-reeve/#itemlist", "name": "1 Gave Thought Quotes By Philip Reeve", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“In the old days, I'd never given a thought to the future, and not much to the past. I'd lived simply in the now. 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