“But the world is awake, and the skies are aglow; And the river flows on, and the sea-tides ebb and flow.”— Edmund Clarence Stedman
“History matters. It matters not just because we can learn from the past, but because the present and the future are connected to the past by the continuity of a society's institutions.”— Douglass North
“Retcons are a necessary evil. The history of these characters is so long and convoluted that sometimes you have to go in and tidy up.”— John Byrne
“My viewpoint is the story could go on forever, because the seasons change, and the weather changes.”— Chris Cooper
“Nothing is ever over, nothing is ever ended, and histories are not stories with beginnings and endings.”— John Crowley
“I am never free of the past. I have made it crystal clear that I believe the past is part of the present which becomes part of the future.”— Lee Krasner
“There is never a beginning, there is never an end, to the inexplicable continuity of this web of God, but always circular power returning into itself.”— John La Farge
“Life is a continuity, and one’s vital force is not even temporarily quenched by what we call death.”— Andre Norton
“Stories never really end... even if the books like to pretend they do. Stories always go on.”— Mary Norton