Jodi Picoult Quotes

The past is dead; let it bury its dead, its hopes and its aspirations; before you lies the future-a future full of golden promise.

The weight is off my shoulders. I don't live in the past anymore. I look forward, instead of back.

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.

I have no intention of retaliating or looking backwards. We are going to forget the past and look forward to the future.

To move foward, you have to leave the past behind

Do not let the future be held hostage by the past

To reach up for the new, you must let go of the old. What lies behind you is not nearly as important as what lies in front of you.

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

I am not sentimental about the past. I like to think about what is next.

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.

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

The future is meant for those who are willing to let go of the worst parts of the past. When you cannot take two steps without turning around to inspect your footsteps, you are getting nowhere fast.

Oh, yesterdays are over my shoulder, So I can't look back for too long. There's just too much to see waiting in front of me, and I know that I just can't go wrong.

Too many people live too much in the past. The past must be a springboard, not a sofa.

Let us turn to the future and not deal with the past.

There must be what Mr. Gladstone many years ago called a blessed act of oblivion. We must all turn our backs upon the horrors of the past. We must look to the future. We cannot afford to drag forward across the years that are to come the hatreds and revenges which have sprung from the injuries of the past.

You can’t encore the past. If I see a bright light shining out there, I want to go toward it.

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.

You did what was right for those who agreed with you, and that is all in the past. We are talking about our future. Oliver, we cannot live as we did.

Always choose the future over the past. What do we do now?

I don't think about my old stuff. I just move forward.

Time to move on, time to get going. What lies ahead I have no way of knowing. But under my feet, baby, grass is growing.

As exciting, difficult, and memorable as our past can be, there comes a time when we have to get on with living.