“She often told her children that they couldn't change the past and they couldn't jump forward to the future. All they had was today, and they needed to live it in such a way that they wouldn't create just another regretted yesterday. Mourning the past was never productive-she knew this full well.”
“Her voice was like loneliness. It was regret. She sang about a past you couldn't get out of and didn't want.”
“She couldn't imagine why there was such a difference between those children and her. She couldn't imagine why she and all these other people with her had to be treated this way. Who decided this, and what for?”
“Tibby, who was not fond of change, had once told Bridget that the present, no matter what it brought, couldn't change the past. The past was set and sealed.”
“Remember the past, plan for the future, but live for today, because yesterday is gone and tomorrow may never come.”
“You couldn't change the past. You could only go forward”