Quotes tagged “living-in-the-past”

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“I knew that on that island one was driven back into the past. There was so much space, so much silence, so few meetings that one too easily saw out of the present, and then the past seemed ten time...”
— John Fowles, The Magus
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“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 sce...”
— Lydia Millet, My Happy Life
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“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...”
— Alice Hoffman
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“Every cure for nostalgia is obsolete.”
— Raheel Farooq
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“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, Pray, Write, Grow: Cultivating Prayer and Writing Together
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“I knew that on that island one was driven back into the past. There was so much space, so much silence, so few meetings that one too easily saw out of the present, and then the past seemed ten time...”
— John Fowles
living-in-the-past nature past solitude

“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 sce...”
— Lydia Millet
living-in-the-past living-in-the-present memory present

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