Contemporary fiction Quote by Trish Feehan

“MOTHER TIME: The past is always with us, dear, for better or worse. It is what it is and you can't change it. All…

— Hillary DePiano

“The past is the past, the future not yet risen, and even the present thought, as we experience it, becomes the past. The only…

— Sogyal Rinpoche

“The past would haunt when the present let up, and always, always the future would loom with its certainty of tragedy and pain.”

— Erika Robuck

“The past has a way of walking around in the present, behaving as if it were alive.”

— Anatol Lieven

“The past is never forgotten, but it can be lived with.”

— Jenny Hayworth

“Our past can control today and tomorrow only to the degree we allow it. The past should not be a place where we dwell…

— Sue Augustine

“The past remains the past. We can learn from it, but we cannot change it.”

— George R.R. Martin

“How utterly our past suffuses us. We live in all our days at once.”

— Hanif Kureishi

“Sometimes I wonder if we can ever really overcome the past. It’s what makes us who we are. One small thing done differently and…

— Amanda Stevens

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

— Brandon Cella

“Realize the past no longer holds you captive. It can only continue to hurt you if you hold on to it. Let the past…

— Sarah Ban Breathnach

“I believe the present matters --- not the past! The past must go. If we seek to keep the past alive, we end, I…

— Agatha Christie