Morris Gleitzman Quotes

I desire no future that will break the ties with the past.

We, who are the living, possess the past. Tomorrow is for our martyrs.

It's not like I pretend the past doesn't exist or that I'm not proud to be a part of it.

The past is only the present become invisible and mute; and because it is invisible and mute, its memorized glances and its murmurs are infinitely precious. We are tomorrow's past.

I always had my roots in the past.

My father's legacy is going to be talked about for hundreds and hundreds of years.

History is the memory of time, the life of the dead and the happiness of the living.

The past has an undeniable grip on everyone, except, perhaps, amnesiacs.

For children preserve the fame of a man after his death.

Keep all special thoughts and memories for lifetimes to come. Share these keepsakes with others to inspire hope and build from the past, which can bridge to the future.

You can't run from your roots.

What does legacy mean? I never think or go there.

Sometimes the past seems too big for the present to hold.

What life half gives a man, posterity gives entirely.

I knew I could not cope with the future unless I was able to rediscover the past.

You are what you leave behind.

I am the family face; flesh perishes, I live on.

You die, but most of what you have accumulated will not be lost; you are leaving a message in a bottle.

I think it's important to have some documentation of the past.

We are all part of a tradition, at least we depend on the past.

One curious thing about growing up is that you don't only move forward in time; you move backwards as well, as pieces of your parents' and grandparents' lives come to you.

Let them look to the past, but let them also look to the future; let them look to the land of their ancestors, but let them look also to the land of their children.

Legacy is a stupid thing! I don't want a legacy.

I don't know who my grandfather was; I am much more concerned to know what his grandson will be.

The past is where its supposed to be.