The past doesn't matter. People cling to it because it allows them to ignore the present. James Frey
There is both rhyme and reason in what I say, I have made a dream poem of humanity. I will cling to it. I will be good. I will let death have no mastery over my thoughts. For therein lies goodness and love of humankind, and in nothing else. Thomas Mann
Remember, remember, this is now, and now, and now. Live it, feel it, cling to it. I want to become acutely aware of all I've taken for granted. Sylvia Plath
Love is the essence of life; love touches all of our work. Love never leaves us. It clings to us, and we cling to it. Emmanuelle Riva
This means that the mind or spirit is present anywhere, because it is nowhere attached to any particular place. And it can remain present because, even when related to this or that object, it does not cling to it by reflection and thus lose its original mobility. Eugen Herrigel
Truth only exists for those who cling to it. "Sosuke Aizen. Tite Kubo