“The past is our definition. We may strive with good reason to escape it, or to escape what is bad in it. But we will escape it only by adding something better to it.”

“In the middle of the night, things well up from the past that are not always cause for rejoicing — the unsolved, the painful encounters, the mistakes, the reasons for shame or woe. But all, good or bad, give me food for thought, food to grow on.”

“Time passes. Memory fades, memory adjusts, memory conforms to what we think we remember.”

“Remember, you cannot look at the sun or death for very long.”

“Don’t let yesterday take up too much of today.”

“I have such fond memories of growing up—even when it was hard or painful or ugly. I want fond memories of growing old, too.”