Building Quote by Elizabeth Bowen

When I look back at my life and think about what really happened, my memory is obscured by the stories I've created out of…

— Scott Spencer

But sometimes, unexpectedly, grief pounded over me in waves that left me gasping; and when the waves washed back, I found myself looking out…

— Donna Tartt

“What remains of your past if you didn't allow yourself to feel it when it happened? If you don't have your experiences in the…

— David Rakoff

I found everything so remote but, at the same time, familiar when I occasionally looked into the mountains, rocks, pine trees and plums depicted…

— Zhang Xiaogang

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

— Indira Gandhi

My mind swirled with memories of the life I had led. The constant struggle to keep up appearances, the pretenses, the smiles that had…

— Anchee Min

“Recounting the narrative of our personal story in a methodical and chronological manner helps us see our life in a historical perspective. Telling our…

— Kilroy J. Oldster

“There is titillating pleasure in looking back at the past and asking oneself, 'What would have happened if...' and substituting one chance occurrence for…

— Vladimir Nabokov

I saw, in gradual vision through my tears, The sweet, sad years, the melancholy years, Those of my own life, who by turns had…

— Elizabeth Barrett Browning

When I became convinced that the universe is natural, that all the ghosts and gods are myths, there entered into my brain, into my…

— Robert Green Ingersoll

We all experience many freakish and unexpected events - you have to be open to suffering a little. The philosopher Schopenhauer talked about how…

— Viggo Mortensen

I was always matching wits with authority. Pondering over my past and present hassles, I began to wonder why my life had taken the…

— Bill Lee