--- title: "8 Past Shaped Quotes by 7 authors" description: "Browse 8 Past Shaped quotes by 7 authors. Discover the best Past Shaped sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e7b/james-s-a-corey-861_past_it-was-funny-he-thought-how-the-ruins-of_374724.jpg" --- > [“It was funny, he thought, how the ruins of the past shaped everything that came after.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-s-a-corey/it-was-funny-he-thought-how-the-ruins-of-the-past-shaped-everything/) [James S.A. Corey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-s-a-corey/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e7b/james-s-a-corey-861_past_it-was-funny-he-thought-how-the-ruins-of_374724.jpg) > [The shadow-past is shaped by everything that never happened. Invisible, it melts the present like rain through karst. A biography of longing.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-michaels/the-shadow-past-is-shaped-by-everything-that-never-happened-invisible/) [Anne Michaels](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-michaels/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b42/anne-michaels-8376_biographies_the-shadow-past-is-shaped-by-everything_661635.jpg) > [“You barely know me? Why, because you don’t know my favorite color? Because you don’t know about my childhood? Fuck that. The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/penelope-bloom/you-barely-know-me-why-because-you-don-t-know-my-favorite-color/) [Penelope Bloom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/penelope-bloom/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/be8/penelope-bloom-48143_childhood_you-barely-know-me-why-because-you-don-t_727658.jpg) > [The shadow past is shaped by everything that never happened. Invisible, it melts the present like rain through karst.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-michaels/the-shadow-past-is-shaped-by-everything-that-never-happened-invisible-2/) [Anne Michaels](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-michaels/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8b8/anne-michaels-8376_invisible_the-shadow-past-is-shaped-by-everything_750295.png) > [“Not everything in your past qualifies to be called HISTORY; only the things in the past that shaped your FUTURE”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fela-durotoye/not-everything-in-your-past-qualifies-to-be-called-history-only-the/) [Fela Durotoye](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fela-durotoye/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/787/fela-durotoye-12921_history_not-everything-in-your-past-qualifies-to_837290.jpg) > [“My past has shaped me, that's true of anyone.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/r-k-lilley/my-past-has-shaped-me-that-s-true-of-anyone/) [R.K. Lilley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/r-k-lilley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2de/r-k-lilley-1565_past_my-past-has-shaped-me-that-s-true-of-any_1459053.jpg) > [“He wanted to change her past, but even as he thought it, he realized it was her very past that had shaped…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lorraine-heath/he-wanted-to-change-her-past-but-even-as-he-thought-it-he-realized-it/) [Lorraine Heath](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lorraine-heath/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d77/lorraine-heath-2089_time_he-wanted-to-change-her-past-but-even-as_2318198.jpg) > [Don't regret your past...It has shaped you. Don't fear your future...It is yours to shape.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louise-hansen/don-t-regret-your-past-it-has-shaped-you-don-t-fear-your-future-it-is/) [Louise Hansen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louise-hansen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/edc/louise-hansen-257836_don-t-regret_don-t-regret-your-past-it-has-shaped-you_3008004.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/past-shaped/#itemlist", "name": "Past Shaped Quotes", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“It was funny, he thought, how the ruins of the past shaped everything that came after.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "James S.A. 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