The past is our only real possession in life. It is the one piece of property of which time cannot deprive us; it is our own in a way that nothing else in life is. In a word, we are our past; we do not cling to it, it clings to us. Grace King More Quotes by Grace King More Quotes From Grace King We wander through old streets, and pause before the age stricken houses; and, strange to say, the magic past lights them up. Grace King new-orleans light past Patience! Patience! Patience is the invention of dullards and sluggards. In a well-regulated world there should be no need of such a thing as patience. Grace King patience world needs Every life holds that which only a miracle can cure. Grace King cures miracle wonder The history of one is the history of all. Grace King history Every heart has a miracle to pray for. Every life holds that which only a miracle can cure. To prove that there have never been, that there can never be, miracles does not alter the matter. So long as there is something hoped for, - that does not come in the legitimate channel of possible events, - just so long will the miracle be prayed for. Grace King hope heart long The heart and the almanac never agree about time. Grace King agree heart time
