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" More real, perhaps, than the rest of us?” My expression answered for me, and she nodded. “Yes, I understand. Time enough for the present, once the past has been settled. But you mustn’t lose touch with the present, Julia,” she warned me. “The past can teach us, nurture us, but it cannot sustain us. The essence of life is change, and we must move ever forward or the soul will wither and die. "

Susanna Kearsley , Mariana


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Susanna Kearsley quote : More real, perhaps, than the rest of us?” My expression answered for me, and she nodded. “Yes, I understand. Time enough for the present, once the past has been settled. But you mustn’t lose touch with the present, Julia,” she warned me. “The past can teach us, nurture us, but it cannot sustain us. The essence of life is change, and we must move ever forward or the soul will wither and die.