“I was of the opinion that the past is past, and like all that is not now it should remain buried along the side of our memories.”

“Opinion is like a pendulum and obeys the same law. If it goes past the centre of gravity on one side, it must go a like distance on the other; and it is only after a certain time that it finds the true point at which it can remain at rest.”

“Scars are memory. Like sutures. They stitch the past to me.”

“Our memories are thronged with the past; our anticipations range over the future; and it is in the past and the future that we really live. It is so even with the higher animals: they too order their lives by memory and anticipation.”

“The past, the present,
And the future,
Are all side by side,
Hand in hand”

“It has shown me that everything is illuminated in the light of the past. It is always along the side of us… on the inside, looking out.”

“The music was like the memory of joys that are past, pleasant and mournful to the soul.”

“I think that I have now said enough about the war, which is past now for over twenty-five years. I bow in reverence before the memory of the men who lost their lives in this war on both sides, and I think that we all hope that we never shall have such a war again.”

“I buried Little Ann by the side of Old Dan. I knew that was where she wanted to be. I also buried a part of my life along with my dog.”

“It is sadder to find the past again and find it inadequate to the present than it is to have it elude you and remain forever a harmonious conception of memory.”