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title: "10 Told Past Quotes by 9 authors"
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> [“Illness is a story told in the past tense.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/illness-is-a-story-told-in-the-past-tense/)

[John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/)

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> [“Lucy had told me more than once that the past was a burden, that it was time to tear everything down.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-mcewan/lucy-had-told-me-more-than-once-that-the-past-was-a-burden-that-it/)

[Ian McEwan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ian-mcewan/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/783/ian-mcewan-494_burden_lucy-had-told-me-more-than-once-that-the_1228179.png)

> [“Someone had once told him that the past, more than DNA or fingerprints, was what made each human being unique.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amanda-stevens/someone-had-once-told-him-that-the-past-more-than-dna-or-fingerprints/)

[Amanda Stevens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amanda-stevens/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/169/amanda-stevens-20194_nature-of-man_someone-had-once-told-him-that-the-past_1901521.jpg)

> [“Your life today is, for the most part, a manifestation of the stories you told yourself in the past.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-babson/your-life-today-is-for-the-most-part-a-manifestation-of-the-stories/)

[Christopher Babson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-babson/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2d7/christopher-babson-34641_inspirational-quotes_your-life-today-is-for-the-most-part-a-m_537431.jpg)

> [“They asked me how I would be paying and I told them that if past experience was anything to go by probably…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-bateman/they-asked-me-how-i-would-be-paying-and-i-told-them-that-if-past/)

[Colin Bateman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colin-bateman/)

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> [“When people told themselves their past with stories, explained their present with stories, foretold the future with stories, the best place by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-henson-productions/when-people-told-themselves-their-past-with-stories-explained-their/)

[Jim Henson Productions](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-henson-productions/)

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> [J has told me about his past. I know what happened and why. But he is the one person who made me…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/latoya-jackson/j-has-told-me-about-his-past-i-know-what-happened-and-why-but-he-is/)

[LaToya Jackson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/latoya-jackson/)

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> [“I’d thrown my worst at him, and like he’d promised, nothing had changed. He hadn’t looked at me in disgust or with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sloane-kennedy/i-d-thrown-my-worst-at-him-and-like-he-d-promised-nothing-had-changed/)

[Sloane Kennedy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sloane-kennedy/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/52d/sloane-kennedy-554_time_i-d-thrown-my-worst-at-him-and-like-he-d_1525710.jpg)

> [I'm just honest about the things I believe in. For instance, I went to a past-life regressionist, and he told me that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kesha/i-m-just-honest-about-the-things-i-believe-in-for-instance-i-went-to/)

[Kesha](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kesha/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0f5/kesha-2015_believe_i-m-just-honest-about-the-things-i-belie_1789508.jpg)

> [“I wanted to tell her that I was getting better, because that was supposed to be the narrative of illness: It was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/i-wanted-to-tell-her-that-i-was-getting-better-because-that-was/)

[John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/874/john-green-12_getting-better_i-wanted-to-tell-her-that-i-was-getting_2818264.jpg)

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