“The past was the past; there was no escaping your beginnings.”

“The dead are the past and we cannot escape the past. Without the past there will be no future.”

“They say you can't escape your past, but I don't believe that. I believe you escape it every day, over and over again, always cognizant of the difference between past and present”

“In the beginning was the Word.In the end . . . past honor, past life, past caring . . .In the end will be the Word.”

“Nothing is predestined. The obstacles of your past can become the gateways that lead to new beginnings.”

“I hit walls of past pleasure all the time, and for me past pleasure is much harder to process then past pain...for me the traumas of the past are mercifully far away. The pleasures of the past however, are tough...the worst of depression lies in a present moment that cannot escape the past it idolizes or deplores.”