353 Quotes About The-past

A ship does not sail with yesterday's wind.

It’s important not to be embarrassed by your past. The contradictions are part of what we are.

That's the past for you. Not only does it come back at the most unexpected, and inconvenient, times but it's set in stone.

Nothing changes what already happened. It will always have happened. You either let it break you down or you don't.

This was a first date. A step in the future. So why was she staring so hard at her past?

How do we picture the past? Does it become clearer as it drifts into the distance? Can it be seen from more angles, a better vantage, with finer instruments for optics, and more supporting documentation to draw from? Or has its essence already vanished, leaving space for lies to multiply and thrive, spreading across paperwork that is good for nothing except, perhaps, a nervous acting captain's next snack?

The past was all around her. She could smell it. It did not feel dead. It felt alive, and as curious about her as she was about it.

The past isn’t long gone; it’s present in our hearts, our actions, and the lessons we teach our children.

You can’t say ‘if this didn’t happen then that would have happened’ because you don’t know everything that might have happened. You might think something’d be good, but for all you know it could have turned out horrible. You can’t say ‘If only I’d…’ because you could be wishing for anything. The point is, you’ll never know. You’ve gone past.