Quotes of: Present-situation Keyword

The event happened on my birthday. I don’t remember the date, I only know it was my birthday because there was no cake or presents.

This Book Has No Title

But now, I know, how absence can be present, like a damaged nerve, like a dark bird.

The Time Traveler's Wife

It's just hard to see people from your past when your present is so cataclysmically fucked.

This is Where I Leave You

Back in time it seemed that having a sister were a tragedy. Instead it is one of the best presents my parents could have ever given me.

An unexpected Proposal

He couldn’t believe that sleep had robbed him of this spectacle night after night. Such are the writer’s privileges, he thought, nostalgic already for the present.

Varamo

Do you know a better time than the present for igniting your dreams?

A Whimsical Holiday for Children

Unspoken words between you and I, Present in the eyes of knowing, Lost in the realm of unforeseen beauty, I am yours.

Wantin

Echoes of my past will always have a low frequency vibration in my present lest I forget the road travelled to reach the enjoyment of today.

Wantin

Photographing a culture in the here and now often means photographing the intersection of the present with the past.

Within the Frame: The Journey of Photographic Vision

A lone walker is both present and detached, more than an audience but less than a participant. Walking assuages or legitimizes this alienation.

Wanderlust: A History of Walking

I slept through the award presentation for Napper of the Year. They had to wake me when I won. Winning was like a dream come true.

Xazaqazax

My ex-girlfriend was exquisite, while my current girlfriend is merely quisite. The ex always makes the past seem more excellent than the present.

Xazaqazax

I wrapped your birthday present in carpet, because I bought you a floor. It’s so you have something other than me to walk all over.

Xazaqazax

Now, on this road trip, my mind seemed to uncrinkle, to breathe, to present to itself a cure for a disease it had not, until now, known it had.

The Year of Pleasures

Boxes of toilet paper make the best birthday presents. They really show I give a shit.

A Zebra is the Piano of the Animal Kingdom

Well, I started conducting kind of by accident. I wanted to give myself a special birthday present for my fortieth birthday, and I was living in San Francisco at the time and I started attending some of the concerts and then simply dropping hints.

Bobby McFerrin

I wrapped my Christmas presents early this year, but I used the wrong paper. See, the paper I used said 'Happy Birthday' on it. I didn't want to waste it so I just wrote 'Jesus' on it.

Demetri Martin

I used to go to musicals every birthday - that was my birthday present. We'd go to London, me and my two brothers and mum and dad. I think I saw 'Mamma Mia' about five times.

Lily James

When it comes down to it, I believe that, having made the decision to bring children into the world, I owe it to them to be as present as I can in their daily lives and to try my best to stay alive until they've made it through to adulthood.

Deborah Copaken Kogan

One of the best ways to make yourself happy in the present is to recall happy times from the past. Photos are a great memory-prompt, and because we tend to take photos of happy occasions, they weight our memories to the good.

Gretchen Rubin

I envision presenting parents with a marketplace of school choices - public, private, parochial, charter, virtual, blended, and home education. They then can choose the model that best equips their children for success.

Jeb Bush