Every journey into the past is complicated by delusions, false memories, false namings of real events.

Every journey into the past is complicated by delusions, false memories, false namings of real events.

I cannot sing the old songs, Or dream those dreams again,

I cannot sing the old songs, Or dream those dreams again,

The best of prophets of the future is the past.

The best of prophets of the future is the past.

Forgiveness does not change the past, but it does enlarge the future.

Forgiveness does not change the past, but it does enlarge the future.

Not heaven itself upon the past has power;
But what has been, has been, and I have had my read more

Not heaven itself upon the past has power;
But what has been, has been, and I have had my hour.

To look back to antiquity is one thing, to go back to it is another.

To look back to antiquity is one thing, to go back to it is another.

I tell you the past is a bucket of ashes.

I tell you the past is a bucket of ashes.

Nostalgia is a seductive liar.

Nostalgia is a seductive liar.

We remain
Safe in the hallowed quiets of the past.

We remain
Safe in the hallowed quiets of the past.