The past is only the present become invisible and mute; its memoried glances and its murmurs are infinitely precious.

Worrying about what happened on Monday, or, what might happen on Wednesday, is at the expense of one’s Tuesday.

I took a heavenly ride through our silenceI knew the moment had arrivedFor killing the past and coming back to life".

Those who have hurt you in the past cannot continue to hurt you now unless you hold on to the pain through resentment.

If I let the past and my goals be the only thing that drives me in life, I will never know the meaning of being happy.

Everyone has a past, but that's just it--it's in the past. You can learn from it, but you can't change it.

You don’t rewrite it, censor it, or edit it, to suit some warped view you have of the past and your own present.

Young men speak about the future because they have no past, and old men speak of the past because they have no future.

Entah kenapa, masa lalu selalu membuat gue tertawa setiap kali gue mengingatnya. (Catatan Mantan Playboy, halaman 137)

And the past held only this wisdom: that love was a damaging mistake, and its accomplice, hope, a treacherous illusion.

The past is to be respected and acknowledged, but not worshipped; it is our future in which we will find our greatness.

My life's a tangle of past and present, like two separate puzzles with their pieces tumbled together. Nothing fits.

What was the point of trying to run away if people were going to insist on reminding you of what you were running from?

Es raro que yo hable de cosas que echo de menos, porque sin duda lo que más echo de menos es el futuro, siempre.

... the past was what we carried with us, threaded to the future, and we decided whether to keep it close or let it go.