“ Is your life story the truth? Yes, the chronological events are true. Is it the whole truth? No, you see and judge it through your conditioned eyes and mind - not of all involved - nor do you see the… Rasheed Ogunlaru
“ We fall back into the past, we jump ahead into the future, and in this we lose our entire lives. Thich Nhat Hanh
“ When you're hounded by the shame of the past, you can turn into a pretty miserable person who is always trying to measure up and please others. Ed Cyzewski
“ In my memories I have set my life in Brooklyn between pieces of glass, separate from my current existence, and this has enabled me to move forward. The past cannot tie me in knots, nor can it cause me… Alice Hoffman
“ I’d wish it were easier to not allow other people’s pasts to create my own present. Jonathan Harnisch
“ To get over the past, you first have to accept that the past is over. No matter how many times you revisit it, analyze it, regret it, or sweat it…it’s over. It can hurt you no more. Mandy Hale
“ Do you think the memory of someone should dictate how we live going forward?' he asks, threading and unthreading his fingers together.'It depends,' I say. 'I think you can probably honor someone's mem… Alexandra Bracken
“ I have always wished the present to resemble memory: because the present can be flat at times, and bald as a road. But memory is never like that. It makes hills of feeling in collapsed hours, a scene… Lydia Millet
