I’m very good at the past. It’s the present I can’t understand.
Taken from the novel High Fidelity (1995) by British writer Nick Hornby. Told in a stream of consciousness, it tells of the main character’s struggle to cope with a break up and how it relates to his life overall. I read it years ago but it was very interesting rereading it over 20 years later.
Now, here, you see, it takes all the running you can do, to keep in the same place. If you want to get somewhere else, you must run at least twice as fast as that!”
Taken from Alice through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll, though it has had other titles.
I have hated words and I have loved them, and I hope I have made them right.
Taken from The Book Thief by Australian writer Markus Zusak. The novel is set during World War II and narrated by Death. I could easily have quoted a dozen quotes from this extraordinary book.
Alex Raphael 