Past Tense Quotes

Past Tense Quote of the day

If I speak of Vienna it must be in the past tense, as a man speaks of a woman he has loved and who is dead.

But surely to tell these tall tales and others like them would be to spread the myth, the wicked lie, that the past is always tense and the future, perfect.

"Never speak of me in the past tense". My presence here will be many times greater without the burden of my tortured body.

Learning to live in the present tense-one that's free from the failures of the past and the anxieties of the future-is a wonderful gift, and one you always should be striving for.

This was our common ground, the secret we shared but never spoke aloud. I should have been with him; she should have left him alone. Shoulda, coulda, woulda. It's so easy in the past tense.

The success of the future does not lie solely on the safety of the past, but relies broadly on the security of the present.