Force Quote by James M. Barrie

There is a way to look at the past. Don't hide from it. It will not catch you if you don't repeat it.

— Pearl Bailey

To retrieve the past is no great effort, when the events to be recalled are so firmly imprinted on the mind. It is existence…

— Anonymous

In memory, you can access something from the past, anything that you've experienced that you remember - it's there. Now, you might have a…

— Annie Lennox

The past is a room full of baggage and rubbish and sometimes things that are of use, but if they are of real use,…

— Jamaica Kincaid

You can’t put the past behind you. It’s buried in you; it’s turned your flesh into its own cupboard. Not everything remembered is useful…

— Claudia Rankine

“Someone once told me that digging up the past has two sides: The pro is that you remember things you had forgotten about. Unfortunately,…

— Pete Wentz

The problem is that nowadays, with so much information flying around, it is almost impossible to remember anything you saw just a week ago,…

— Peter Leko

Remembering the past should help you create a purposeful future, not cause you to be afraid of it.

— Bill Crawford

Every time I open the drawer, it's a trip down Memory Lane, which, if you don't turn off at the right exit, merges straight…

— Sloane Crosley

A past may chase you if you try to escape from it... but once you confront it, it's just an old memory inside you.…

— Kazuya Minekura

It's always good to find things that you haven't found before.

— Jim Goldberg

The past is never there when you try to go back. It exists, but only in memory. To pretend otherwise is to invite a…

— Chris Cobbs