Contemplation Quote by Margaret Atwood

“They forgot their lives for a moment, abandoned all fear, every thought and troubling notion carried away on the back of the breathtaking melody.”

— Shawn Mihalik

“Dwell in the past, worry about the future and find misery in the present.”

— Wayne Gerard Trotman

“Only those who are bereaved of all joy in this present world may take refuge in the shadows of the past.”

— Julian May

“It was the terror of impermanence, the knowledge that all this would pass away, that a beautiful voice or a wonderful figure was something…

— Terry Pratchett

“Up to then, the joy of fulfilling, perhaps over-fulfilling, their duty had kept them in a state of exultation. Such a state is close…

— Alexandre Dumas, pere

“The soul of the world had opened and I fantasized that everything wicked, distressing and painful was on the point of vanishing...all notion of…

— Robert Walser

“There is a hopeless longing for nostalgia that pervades the human soul, a return to the warm glow of remembrance or some imagined past.”

— Deborah L. Norris

“Joyful people are participants. They don’t miss the moments. They turn moments into memories.”

— Mike Bechtle

“(I)n this world of change and lost memories, time brings all things full circle. That which was discarded becomes priceless.Those who were abandoned will…

— Neal Shusterman

“They were people whose lives were slow, who did not see themselves growing old, or falling sick, or dying, but who disappeared little by…

— Gabriel García Márquez

“I lost the ability to fear and panic. Instead I felt practical and causal. I had never known time to pass so acutely before.…

— Sarah Hall

“I find only sadness and melancholy when I wade through the past, even when revisiting good memories. The past is gone; I can neither…

— Richelle E. Goodrich