Life Quote by Rebecca West

“What we were in the past is not important. What we are now is important. What we intend to make of ourselves in the…

— Paul Brunton

“There must be many of us whose lives have been divided into a before and after, with an accident, a death, a crime, a…

— Kathryn Harrison

“It's what we do in our future, that decides how important our past truly was.”

— Mona Hodgson

“What we think about, we speak; what we dwell on, we become. Our past is only important because it has been and is being…

— Hawkes Valente, Sarah

“It seemed like today's culture placed the value of life below so many other things that have little importance in the long run.”

— Nancy Carabio Belanger

“What mattered was the here and now and not the life before, what mattered were the changeable things of today and tomorrow and not…

— Madeleine Thien

“And even if we are occupied by most important things, if we attain to honour, or fall into great misfortune -- still let us…

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky

“There will always be reservations, things one must leave out, events one can’t explain without handing over a full map of one’s life, unfolding…

— Colm Tóibín

“Truth to tell, at any point in our lives we’ve forgotten more than we know about our own history. The world moves on, and…

— Dathan Auerbach

“...it does not matter if we are forgotten; what matters is the effect we have on those around us and those who come after…

— Lynn Schooler

“...what has mattered are the moments of exposure to every life, when habit is no longer enough, and choices have to be made. That's…

— Kim Stanley Robinson

“Most people understand that the important things in life are not things at all - they are the relationships we cherish.”

— John Paul Warren