Roberto Bolano Quotes

It is not possible to go forward while looking back.

Events have moved on, yet some people still keep talking about the past.

A lot of people are really hung on the past - they can't get past that - but you've gotta get past that if you want any future.

Chasing after the past is not going to lead you to the future you want.

I do not want to live more from the past. I have my present and a great future that is on the other side.

The past is a closed door.

But let the past as nothing be. For the future my view is that the fight must go on.

I'm not trying to recapture anything. It's really about moving forward. I don't have much reverence for what I've done in the past.

There's no future in our past. Just experience. We want to return to it, but we don't want to close the door on it either.

She was so busy forgetting, she couldn't take a single step into the future.

Let us not be bitter about the past, but let us keep our eyes firmly on the future.

I am not interested in the past, except as the road to the future.

Too many people dwell on the past: the thing is to get on with life.

I've never particularly liked the idea of looking back; I'd rather look forward.

I don't much like looking back.

The past is but the past of a beginning.

Too much we have lived in our history. We must live in the future.

I think we all agree, the past is over.

I absolutely love and respect the past, but I'm not a 'glory days' guy. I love where we've been and love where I'm at and going.

To me, I don't like to look back; I just like to look forward.

All the things that are in the past are in the past.

I did a lot of great things in the past, but I live for today and for the future.

It's great to have a great past and history. But it's even greater to have a good future. So the most important history is the history we make today.

One cannot afford to be nostalgic about the past and cling onto it.

Let the past hold on to itself and let the present move forward into the future.