--- title: "1 Past Happened Quotes By M.H. Herlong" description: "1 Past Happened quotes by M.H. Herlong. Plus more from M.H. Herlong and more Past Happened sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/071/m-h-herlong-33867_time_the-present-doesn-t-change-the-past-is-t_2871487.jpg" --- > [“The present doesn’t change the past. Is the fact that the past happened enough to make the present good? Is the past real? Was it real anymore?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-h-herlong/the-present-doesn-t-change-the-past-is-the-fact-that-the-past/) [M.H. Herlong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-h-herlong/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/071/m-h-herlong-33867_time_the-present-doesn-t-change-the-past-is-t_2871487.jpg) ## More by M.H. Herlong > [“Sometimes when you read a book or watch a TV show, you see the people and you think, Don’t do that. Don’t open that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-h-herlong/sometimes-when-you-read-a-book-or-watch-a-tv-show-you-see-the-people/) [M.H. Herlong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-h-herlong/) > [“Usually when you’re steering a boat, it’s like steering a car – you aim yourself in the right direction and move the tiller a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-h-herlong/usually-when-you-re-steering-a-boat-it-s-like-steering-a-car-you-aim/) [M.H. Herlong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-h-herlong/) > [“What’s up?” I said. “Nothing.” “I mean what’s wrong?” “My leg is broken.” “Yeah, I noticed.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-h-herlong/what-s-up-i-said-nothing-i-mean-what-s-wrong-my-leg-is-broken-yeah-i/) [M.H. Herlong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-h-herlong/) > [“The thing about life is that it goes on. You wake up and there is the sun like always. There is your own body…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-h-herlong/the-thing-about-life-is-that-it-goes-on-you-wake-up-and-there-is-the/) [M.H. Herlong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-h-herlong/) > [“I thought that it was possible at a time like that to cry. There was a switch inside somewhere, and a person could just…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-h-herlong/i-thought-that-it-was-possible-at-a-time-like-that-to-cry-there-was-a/) [M.H. Herlong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-h-herlong/) > [“(After Gerry fell overboard and they set sail) “Dad.” I held my teeth tight. “I guess you forgot. Planning this whole trip, I would…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-h-herlong/after-gerry-fell-overboard-and-they-set-sail-dad-i-held-my-teeth/) [M.H. Herlong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-h-herlong/) > [“When you’ve been on a boat for a while, its sounds gets to be like the sound of your own heartbeat. It’s always there,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-h-herlong/when-you-ve-been-on-a-boat-for-a-while-its-sounds-gets-to-be-like-the/) [M.H. Herlong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-h-herlong/) > [“Ben,” Dad snarled. He was tired. “Life jacket and safety harness. Always. When you’re alone on deck at night, we’d never know if you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-h-herlong/ben-dad-snarled-he-was-tired-life-jacket-and-safety-harness-always/) [M.H. Herlong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-h-herlong/) > [“Gerry breathed loudly and slowly. “Dylan,” he said accusingly, “that was a sad story.” “Not it’s not. It’s a happy story. It’s about a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-h-herlong/gerry-breathed-loudly-and-slowly-dylan-he-said-accusingly-that-was-a/) [M.H. Herlong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-h-herlong/) > [“So we cooked the flounder and ate every single bite. It was huge, and we were stuffed. It was worse than Thanksgiving. I mean…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-h-herlong/so-we-cooked-the-flounder-and-ate-every-single-bite-it-was-huge-and/) [M.H. Herlong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-h-herlong/) > [“I was letting myself come back to life and it wasn’t good.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-h-herlong/i-was-letting-myself-come-back-to-life-and-it-wasn-t-good/) [M.H. Herlong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-h-herlong/) > [“I wished we had milk – milk for strong bones. Dylan said he would eat the fish bones if I would quit talking about milk.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-h-herlong/i-wished-we-had-milk-milk-for-strong-bones-dylan-said-he-would-eat/) [M.H. Herlong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-h-herlong/) > [“The present doesn’t change the past. Is the fact that the past happened enough to make the present good? Is the past real? Was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-h-herlong/the-present-doesn-t-change-the-past-is-the-fact-that-the-past/) [M.H. Herlong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-h-herlong/) > [“He was an eleven year old man. -(inside joke)”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-h-herlong/he-was-an-eleven-year-old-man-inside-joke/) [M.H. Herlong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-h-herlong/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/past-happened/m-h-herlong/#itemlist", "name": "1 Past Happened Quotes By M.H. Herlong", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“The present doesn’t change the past. Is the fact that the past happened enough to make the present good? Is the past real? Was it real anymore?”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "M.H. 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