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But somewhere, a child surprises himself with his endurance, his quick mind, his dexterous hands. Somewhere a child accomplishes with ease that which usually takes… — Garth Stein
But there's the rub. The present can never deliver one thing: meaning. The way of happiness and meaning are not the same. To find happiness,… — Jed Rubenfeld
What man of us has never felt, walking through the twilight or writing down a date from his past, that he has lost something infinite? — Jorge Luis Borges
Tell me your past, my beloved, for a man is his past, and is to be known by it. — James Stephens
The poet's, the writer's, duty is to write about these things. It is his privilege to help man endure by lifting his heart, by reminding… — William Faulkner
She saw him the first day on board, and then her heart sank into her shoes as she realized at last how much she wanted… — F. Scott Fitzgerald
[Janco] paused. His eyes held a distant gleam as if seeing into his past. 'My first practice was a shock. I was a cocky smart… — Maria V. Snyder
He was jealous of her future, and she of his past. — Anais Nin
it occurs to me that there is so much I never knew about him--his past, his role in the resistance, what his life was like… — Lauren Oliver
Everyone has a story; everyone hides his past as a means of self-preservation. Some just do it better, and more thoroughly, than others. — Jodi Picoult
Because men really respect only that which was founded of old and has developed slowly, he who wants to live on after his death must… — Friedrich Nietzsche
Man is a history-making creature, who can neither repeat his past, nor leave it behind. — Wystan Hugh Auden
Only a good-for-nothing is not interested in his past. — Sigmund Freud
Content with his past life, let him take leave of life like a satiated guest. — Horace
A man's memory may almost become the art of continually varying and misrepresenting his past, according to his interest in the present. — George Santayana
Job 29 is about Job reflecting on his past before the calamity hit him to say this is the type of man I was. So,… — Eric Ludy
Man does find in Nature deliverance from himself, oblivion of his past, with peace and purity! — George A. Smith
A mans present can sometimes be judged by his past. — Vikrant Parsai
Sometimes a man's spirit just ain't strong enough to withstand the ghosts from his past. — Unknown Author
At the same time, it's a family story and more of an epic. I needed the third-person. I tried to give a sense that Cal,… — Jeffrey Eugenides
With so many of our fundamental rights hanging in the balance, it is not good enough to simply roll the dice, hoping a nominee has… — Barbara Boxer
Each has his past shut in him like the leaves of a book known to him by heart and his friends can only read the… — Virginia Woolf
But when the pen is in his hand he has to write by itch and twitch, though certainly his itch and twitch are intimately conditioned… — John Ciardi
Never Trust A Guy who cannot be completely open and honest about his past or even himself. — Enhance Dreams
A person who is not concerned about having his present sins cleansed has good reason to doubt that his past sin has been forgiven. A… — John Macarthur

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