Past Quote by Junichiro Tanizaki Download Open image “The older we get the more we seem to think that everything was better in the past.” — Junichiro Tanizaki ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.4 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare Past Thinking Time
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Just because our past didnt turn out like we wanted it to, That doesnt mean our future cant be better then we ever imagined. — David Kreger Copy Share Image
That's the biggest thing with the past is knowing that it's going to make us better. — Dwayne Haskins Copy Share Image
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Find beauty not only in the thing itself but in the pattern of the shadows, the light and dark which that thing provides. — Junichiro Tanizaki Copy Share Image
“Whenever I see the alcove of a tastefully built Japanese room, I marvel at our comprehension of the secrets of shadows, our sensitive use… — Junichiro Tanizaki Copy Share Image
Whenever I sit with a bowl of soup before me, listening to the murmur that penetrates like the distant song of an insect, lost… — Junichiro Tanizaki Copy Share Image
For a woman who lived in the dark it was enough if she had a faint, white face -a full body was unnecessary. — Junichiro Tanizaki Copy Share Image
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Yet for better or worse we love things that bear the marks of grime, soot, and weather, and we love the colors and the… — Junichiro Tanizaki Copy Share Image
We delight in the mere sight of the delicate glow of fading rays clinging to the surface of a dusky wall, there to live… — Junichiro Tanizaki Copy Share Image
We Orientals find beauty not only in the thing itself but in the pattern of the shadows, the light and darkness which that thing… — Junichiro Tanizaki Copy Share Image
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Nostalgia keeps dissolving the ironic narratives in which I have contained my past. — Mason Cooley Copy Share Image
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Time is painted with a lock before, and bald behind, signifying thereby that we must take time by the forelock; for, when it is… — Jonathan Swift Copy Share Image
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Right before the pandemic, 'Past Lives' came across to me as something to read and possibly put myself on tape for. — Mike Faist Copy Share Image
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