“Life is the past, the present and the perhaps.”
“Time present and time past / are both perhaps present in time future.”
“Time present and time pastAre both perhaps present in time futureAnd time future contained in time past.”
“This is life. You know the philosphers? The Present never stops. There's only the Present. You cheat life if you live in the Past.”
“In the West we cling to the past like limpets. In Haiti the present is the axis of all life. As in Africa, past and future are but distant measures of the present, and memories are as meaningless as promises.”
“Best not to mix the past with the present. The present paints the past with gold. The past paints the present with lead.”