Echoes Quote by Anonymous

“History with its flickering lamp stumbles along the trail of the past, trying to reconstruct its scenes, to revive its echoes, and kindle with…

— William Stevenson

History with its flickering lamp stumbles along the trail of the past, trying to reconstruct its scenes, to revive its echoes, and kindle with…

— Anonymous

“When the shimmer of the past is melting into the presence, spreading a scent of attentiveness and inquiringness, our mind may ask for a…

— Erik Pevernagie

“As a general principle, if we would exercise our memories more wisely, we might, in our very darkest distress, strike a match which would…

— Charles H. Spurgeon

The past itself, as historical change continues to accelerate, has become the most surreal of subjects - making it possible... to see a new…

— Susan Sontag

There are moments in history when brooding tragedy and its dark shadows can be lightened by recalling great moments of the past.

— Indira Gandhi

The past is beautiful / like the darkness between the fireflies.

— Mason Jennings

“They waited awhile before lighting the candles; the gloom allowed the past to slip cozily into the present. But the memories were of a…

— Bernhard Schlink

“Those static images have the uncanny ability to jar the memory and bring places and people back to life. They bridge the present with…

— Isabel Lopez

The story and study of the past, both recent and distant, will not reveal the future, but it flashes beacon lights along the way…

— Barbara Tuchman

And this I know; whether the one True Light Kindle to Love, or Wrath consume me quite, One flash of it within the Tavern…

— Omar Khayyam

“A slow feeling of gathering sadness as each familiar place flashes by the window and disappears and becomes part of the past. Time is…

— Paul Theroux