Love isn't love until it's past.

Personally, I am stuck with one foot in the past and one foot in the present.

We recall our terrible past so that we can deal with it, to forgive where forgiveness is necessary, without forgetting; to ensure that never again will such inhumanity tear us apart; and to move ourselves to eradicate a legacy that lurks dangerously as a threat to our democracy.

We don't have to be victims of our past, that we can let go of our bitterness, and that all of us can achieve greatness.

A new society cannot be created by reproducing the repugnant past, however refined or enticingly repackaged.

The lack of historical memory is a serious shortcoming in our society. A mentality that can only say, "Then was then, now is now", is ultimately immature. Knowing and judging past events is the only way to build a meaningful future. Memory is necessary for growth.