Famous Alan Lightman Quotes

  • The tragedy of this world is that everyone is alone. For a life in the past cannot be shared with the present. – Alan Lightman

    The tragedy of this world is that everyone is alone. For a life in the past cannot be shared with the present.– Alan Lightman

  • Continents of memory had been lost. – Alan Lightman

    Continents of memory had been lost.– Alan Lightman

  • What sense is there in continuing when one has seen the future? – Alan Lightman

    What sense is there in continuing when one has seen the future?– Alan Lightman

  • While people brood, time skips ahead without looking back. – Alan Lightman

    While people brood, time skips ahead without looking back.– Alan Lightman

  • Time is the clarity for seeing right and wrong. – Alan Lightman

    Time is the clarity for seeing right and wrong.– Alan Lightman

  • Each time is true, but the truths are not the same. – Alan Lightman

    Each time is true, but the truths are not the same.– Alan Lightman

  • Each person who gets stuck in time gets stuck alone. – Alan Lightman

    Each person who gets stuck in time gets stuck alone.– Alan Lightman