353 Quotes About The-past

if you will not always think about the decisions you are taking, you shall always think about the decisions you should have taken in regret, in wonder or in joy. Regrets of the past shall always remain an indelible footprint but the lessons from regrets can always be learned and be used

The past is for learning from and letting go. You can't revisit it. It vanishes.

We long to have again the vanished past, in spite of all its pain.

The past is a bad invention that keeps on happeningAnd it hurts to think about, like an unpaid billIt's the wind dragging the desert backwards at night& it burns you, like a pastel whip

Every city is a ghost.New buildings rise upon the bones of the old so that each shiny steel bean, each tower of brick carries within it the memories of what has gone before, an architectural haunting. Sometimes you can catch a glimpse of these former incarnations in the awkward angle of a street or filigreed gate, an old oak door peeking out from a new facade, the plaque commemorating the spot that was once a battleground, which became a saloon and is now a park.

I understand, Bill. Because I tell myself a lot of stories to help me sleep at night. Stories about how Babe was my dearest friend, and I never betrayed her. Stories about how you and I had a great love, not just an occasional roll in the hay whenever she was out of town. Stories about how wonderful life was back then, when none of us told each other the truth, but so what? It was all so beautiful, wasn’t it? It was all so lovely and gracious. Not like it is now.

I miss it every minute, and I have no wish at all to go back.

I am not in love with him, I am in love with ghosts. So is he, he's in love with ghosts.

Her years in Gibson started a healing process. It began with faith, and forgiving. But healing didn't mean forgetting. But maybe forgetting wasn't necessary. The memories of her childhood provided a backdrop, a place to begin the changes that would make life better. She knew who she didn't want to be.