Anne Lamott Quotes

I can't. You can't rewrite the past.

It is no worse, because I write of it. It would be no better, if I stopped my most unwilling hand. Nothing can undo it; nothing can make it otherwise than as it was.

There are some things in the world we can't change.

At some unnoticed moment, I began to understand that a life is written in indelible ink.

History is history.

My life is what it is, and I can't change it. I can change the future, but I can't do anything about the past.

If a film is not a success, then that's just the way things are. Nothing I can do can make a difference. I have stopped worrying about it.

The facts of life are very stubborn things.

In the world we have entered there will be many things that we can do nothing about. We should accept this state of affairs and incidentally, be grateful for it.

Even the Gods cannot change the past.

It’s over, and can’t be helped, and that’s one consolation, as they always say in Turkey, ven they cut the wrong man’s head off.

Even the Gods Can't Change History

Some things you can't control.

The past is history. I can't change any of that.

The past can never be erased. It is always going to be there.

What exists, exists. You cannot change that.

The past is the past: what can you do about it?

It is great To do that thing that ends all other deeds, Which shackles accidents and bolts up change.

What was lost was lost. There was no retrieving it, however you schemed, no returning to how things were, no going back.

We're captive on the carousel of time, we can't return we can only look behind.

The past is a closed door.

One thing I do know, and that is, that neither hope, nor fear, belief, nor denial, can change the fact. It is as it is, and it will be as it must be.

Things without all remedy should be without regard: what's done is done.

If we had paid attention, we would have understood there are some things in this world you cannot outrun.

Nothing can be repaired or advanced but only accepted