Living in the past Quote by Lydia Millet

“What we perceive as the present is the vivid fringe of memory tinged with anticipation.”

— Anonymous

“Let us repeat. The memory of the present is juxtaposed to the perception of the present.”

— Paolo Virno

“Nostalgic memory is a sudden encounter with the thingness of the thing that has been forgotten, not the continuous desire for possessions, whether past,…

— Marjorie Garber

“Memory is an imaginal constellation of past and present that generates a new experience. Memory is not the storing of the past, but the…

— Louisa Thomsen Brits

“The present is re-created to immortalize memories. It's pathetic, but that's human tendency now.”

— Young-Ha Kim

“Memories can sometimes be more powerful than the present.”

— Anna Aquino

“When we bury the old, we bury the known past, the past we imagine sometimes better than it was, but the past all the…

— Thomas Lynch

“Memory is a great deceiver, grief and longing cloud the past, and recollections, even vivid ones, fade.”

— Daniel Alarcón

“I was happy, I think, but I wonder now if my memory is playing tricks on me. If it is giving me the gift…

— Greer Hendricks

“The present moment is so much more rich, and dynamic, and has so much more depth than anything we can think about, any thought…

— Todd Perelmuter

“Memories establish the past; Senses perceive the present; Imaginations shape the future.”

— Toba Beta

“Memories of our childhood are like images painted on a wet canvas, they merge until they lose all shape, often remaing only as feelings.”

— Brian Mynott