“In retrospect, the past seems not one existence with a continuous flow of years and events that follow each other in logical sequence, but a life periodically dividing into entirely separate compartments. Change of surroundings, interests, pursuits, has made it seem actually more like different incarnations.” YearsMadeDifferentSeemsPastInterestExistenceEventsReflectionFlowPursuitMade ItLogicalSurroundingsSequenceIncarnationRetrospectDividing Book:The Fabric of Memory Source: The Fabric of Memory
“When seen in retrospect, fashions seem to express their era. Although it is more difficult to draw conclusions from contemporary clothes, the same principles which hold for the clothes of the past must hold for clothes of the present and the future.” SeemsPastDifficultPrinciplesFashionClothesDrawsContemporaryConclusionErasRetrospect Author:James Laver
“The present is an age of talkers, and not of doers; and the reason is, that the world is growing old. We are so far advanced in the Arts and Sciences, that we live in retrospect, and dote on past achievement.” WorldArtReasonAgePastGrowingAchievementGrowing OldDoersRetrospectArt And ScienceTalkers Author:William Hazlitt
“Do we always grind through the present, doomed to throw a gold haze of fond retrospect over the past?” InspirationalPastGoldDoomedGrindOver The PastRetrospectHaze Book:The Journals of Sylvia Plath Source: The Journals of Sylvia Plath