“The past could be jettisoned… but seeds got carried.”

— Joan Didion, Where I Was From

Source: Where I Was From

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American writer 1934

Steve Maraboli (1975)

Source: Life, the Truth, and Being Free (2010), p. 120

“She didn't even know how dangerous the truth could be, all the tiny, shattering seeds it carried.”

Sue Monk Kidd book The Mermaid Chair

Source: The Mermaid Chair

“The seeds of the past bear fruit in the present.”

Patrick Rothfuss book The Wise Man's Fear

Source: The Wise Man's Fear

“The past we’ve got we must forget. Future hasn’t happened yet. Carry this moment in a song. Insha Allah, it won’t be long.”

Dawud Wharnsby (1972) Canadian musician

"Let It Go"
Out Seeing The Fields (2007)

“Each misfortune you encounter will carry in it the seed of tomorrows good luck.”

Og Mandino (1923–1996) American author

“Man's got his woman to take his seed
He's got the power — oh
She's got the need”

Alice Cooper (1948) American rock singer, songwriter and musician

"Only Women Bleed" (co-written with Dick Wagner) - Lyrics online http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=3929. Welcome to My Nightmare (1975) Context: Man's got his woman to take his seed He's got the power — oh She's got the need She spends her life through pleasing up her man She feeds him dinner or anything she can. She cries alone at night too often He smokes and drinks and don't come home at all. Only women bleed...

“In our search for a lasting solution to the Kashmir problem, both in its external and internal dimensions, we shall not traverse solely on the beaten track of the past. Mindsets will have to be altered and historical baggage jettisoned.”

Atal Bihari Vajpayee (1924–2018) 10th Prime Minister of India

Quoted in [Sumantra Bose, Kashmir: Roots of Conflict, Paths to Peace, http://www.questia.com/read/118148594/kashmir-roots-of-conflict-paths-to-peace, 2003, Harvard University Press, 1]

“Every adversity, every failure, every heartbreak, carries with it the seed of an equal or greater benefit.”

Napoleon Hill (1883–1970) American author

Variant: Every adversity, every failure, every heartache carries with it the seed of an equal or greater benefit.
Source: Think and Grow Rich: The Landmark Bestseller - Now Revised and Updated for the 21st Century

“There is no past. Past is present when you carry it with you.”

Flora Rheta Schreiber (1918–1988) American journalist

Source: Sybil: The Classic True Story of a Woman Possessed by Sixteen Personalities

“The past has brought us both ashes and diamonds. In the present we find the flowers of what we've planted and the seeds of what we are becoming. I plant the seeds of love in my heart. I plant the seeds of love in the hearts of others.”

Julia Cameron (1948) American writer

Blessings (1998)
Context: When I listen to love, I am listening to my true nature. When I express love, I am expressing my true nature. All of us love. All of us do it more and more perfectly. The past has brought us both ashes and diamonds. In the present we find the flowers of what we've planted and the seeds of what we are becoming. I plant the seeds of love in my heart. I plant the seeds of love in the hearts of others.

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