“There is no point in regretting any part of the past. The past can't now be altered, the future has yet to be lived, and consciously to experience every moment of the present is the only way to gain at least the illusion of immortality.” WayMomentsPastRegretIllusionGainsImmortalityNo PointAltered Book:Time to Be in Earnest Source: Time to Be in Earnest
“A letter is paradoxically the most revealing and the most deceptive of confessional revelations. We all have our inconsistencies, prejudices, irrationalities which, although strongly felt at the time, may be transitory. A letter captures the mood of the moment. The transitory becomes immutably fixed, part of the evidence for the prosecution or the defence.” MayMomentsFeltEvidenceLettersPrejudiceMoodFixedRevelationsCaptureRevealingDefenceDeceptiveTransitoryInconsistencyIrrationalityProsecution Book:Time to Be in Earnest Source: Time to Be in Earnest
“We can experience nothing but the present moment, live in no other second of time, and to understand this is as close as we can get to eternal life.” MomentsEternalPresent MomentEternal Life Author:P. D. James
“Charm is often despised but I can never see why. No one has it who isn't capable of genuinely liking others, at least at the actual moment of meeting and speaking. Charm is always genuine; it may be superficial but it isn't false.” MayI CanMomentsCapableMeetingsGenuineCharmSuperficialDespised Book:The Children of Men Source: The Children of Men
