Living the past is a dull and lonely business; looking back strains the neck muscles, causing you to bump into people not going your way.

Living the past is a dull and lonely business; looking back strains the neck muscles, causes you to bump into people not going your way

I'm not a great one for looking back.

Looking back, I wince at the careless way I tossed out my opinions.

Do you think the memory of someone should dictate how we live going forward?' he asks, threading and unthreading his fingers together.
'It depends,' I say. 'I think you can probably honor someone's memory, but you can't live for them, because that means living in the past.

Looking back isn't going to help you. Moving forward is the thing you have to do.