The Hidden Story of Every Person Quotes

“But she never really thought about what this meant about the present: that if seemingly every version of the past could be viewed through the positive color of rose, then that same shade of rose must exist in every moment and period of life–including this one. And that perhaps the problem is, rose is just one shade of many colors that coat every moment at the same time. And when you mix multiple primary and complementary colors together, you get a brownish or grayish color. And when you see a brown or gray, it’s essentially impossible to see the other shades of colors that helped make it.”
― Robert Pantano, The Hidden Story of Every Person : & Other Short Stories

“Regret implies that I chose how things went, but I never really had a choice at all.”
― Robert Pantano, The Hidden Story of Every Person : & Other Short Stories

“I essentially wasted my whole life worrying about whether I would live a full life, which caused me to live a very shallow one.”
― Robert Pantano, The Hidden Story of Every Person : & Other Short Stories

“consider how, with as far as certainty can be certain, this is your only hope at life. And against all possible odds, you are here—at this distant, solitary planet amidst the cold dark of a seemingly unending, lifeless universe. And with every incoming ship, including your own, there is the potential to bring to the planet a compassion and love and the same unbelievably favorable odds of hope that got you here in the first place. ​You make what you believe is the obvious choice.”
― Robert Pantano, The Hidden Story of Every Person : & Other Short Stories