Inner wisdom Quote by Stefan Zweig

“He would come to feel that history, even more than memory, distorts the present of the past by focusing on big events and making…

— Tracy Kidder

“In the rational light of day, he could tell himself that it was better this way, for both of them. The past was the…

— Kyra Dune

“The past is only the present become invisible and mute; its memoried glances and its murmurs are infinitely precious.”

— Mary Webb

“He was nearsighted. The future lay before him, inevitable but invisible.”

— John Green

“How could you communicate with the future? It was of its nature impossible. Either the future would resemble the present, in which case it…

— George Orwell

“He remembers those vanished years. As though looking through a dusty window pane, the past is something he could see, but not touch. And…

— Wong Kar-Wai

“He felt, sometimes, like the keeper of memories-the one who had to facilitate that invisible transition between the way it used to be and…

— Jodi Picoult

“Either the future would resemble the present, in which case it would not listen to him, or it would be different from it, and…

— George Orwell

“Focusing on the past is only a barricade to the future. Once you overcome that barricade, the possibilities are endless.”

— Brandon Cella

“Future and past blurred; what he had already experienced and what he would eventually experience blended so that nothing remained but the moment.”

— Philip K. Dick

“Keep an eye to the future, and ear to the past, and after thinking it over notice nothing much lasts.”

— Robert Hunter

“I'm thinking about past events. I'm interested in recall, exact recall, of what was said, who said it and to whom. I want to…

— Dana Spiotta