Past Quotes

She’s in the past. The past is not my concern. The future is no longer my concern, either.

The past is an enormous place, with all sorts of things inside. Not so with the present. The present is merely a narrow opening, with room for only one pair of eyes. Mine.

The past is done with us the moment we are done with it.

Without the past, there would be nothing to think about, let alone someone to think it.

The problems of your past are your business. The problems of your future are my privilege.

We can’t change the past, but there’s a difference between moving on and letting go.

The past doesn’t want to be changed. There are times when you feel it push back.

All the things that I’d done. Memories, they never hurt me. The past is more than memories. It’s the devil you sold your soul to.

We all know people who live too much in the past. Too much history, too much remembering, can ultimately destroy the present and the future.

As long as we’re digging up the past, we may as well dig up your mother.

They say the past is etched in stone, but it isn’t. It’s smoke trapped in a closed room, swirling… changing. Buffeted by the passing of years and wishful thinking. But even though our perception of it changes, one thing remains constant. The past can never be completely erased. It lingers. Like the scent of burning wood.

The past is the past. And the only direction in life that matters is forward. Never backwards.