“As far as I can see there is no conquering or exorcising the past with words - words born either of imagination… — Philip Roth Copy Share Image
“In the past, I walk between green lawns, surrounded by golden stone. In the past, I am brilliant and I am happy… — Alexis Hall Copy Share Image
“In America: each year the day before school after summer vacation I sat on my bed touching my notebooks, pencils, ruler-holding the… — Michelle Cliff Copy Share Image
How those fires burned that are no longer, how the weather worsened, how the shadow of the seagull vanished without a trace.… — Mark Strand Copy Share Image
“His life had been tied to the past. He’d seen himself a point on a moving wavefront, propagating through sterile history—a known… — Thomas Pynchon Copy Share Image
All persons are puzzles until at last we find in some word or act the key to the man, to the woman;… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
