The past is obdurate. ― Stephen King, 11/22/63
Don't let the guilt of the past keep you from the victories of the future.
If we know the past, and live the present, it is possible that we dream the future?
All I trust is the past. Things that have ended can't betray me.
Good people see past their own fucking lives.
..it just seemed as if she were marking time while life rocketed past.
We men of this age are rotten with book-lore and with a yearning for the past.
It is a mournful task to break the sombre attachments of the past.
The present grows within the boundaries of the past.
Most men's awareness doesn't extend past their dinner plates.
I won't be a slave to the past. I'll love where I choose.
I don’t enjoy surprises that compel me to renegotiate my relationship with the past.
No lie, secret, betrayal, or mistake will remain concealed if you have a past.
Ravings, in short, jealousy of the past, the worst kind of all.
Use your imagination only on the future, never on the present or the past.
Don't be afraid to let your past and present come together to create something new
Think only of the past as its remembrance gives you pleasure
He had lovely eyes, really—not assessing, at all, but big and dark and…waiting.
Then, as Father had trained him, Rigg thought past his feelings.
The glories of the past compensated for the imperfections of the present.
Always make your future bigger than your past.
