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Might Have Been Quotes

You are nobody, and I might have been somebody, and the road to each of us is love.

You are nobody, and I might have been somebody, and the road to each of us is love.

John Fante
Might, Might Have Been, Has Beens
John Fante (2014). “The Bandini Quartet: Wait Until Spring, Bandini: The Road to Los Angeles: Ask the Dust: Dreams from Bunker Hill”, p.500, Canongate Books

I don't think anything might have been. What is, is.

Edward Gorey
Thinking, Might, Might Have Been
Edward Gorey (2001). “Ascending Peculiarity: Edward Gorey on Edward Gorey : Interviews”, Houghton Mifflin

We might have been - these are but common words, and yet they make the sum of life's bewailing.

Letitia Elizabeth Landon
Might, Common, Might Have Been
Letitia Elizabeth Landon (1841). “Life and literary remains of L.E.L. [ed.] by L. Blanchard”

What is, is, and what might have been could never have existed.

Edward Gorey
Might, Might Have Been, Has Beens
Edward Gorey (2001). “Ascending Peculiarity: Edward Gorey on Edward Gorey : Interviews”, Houghton Mifflin

Another occupation might have been better.

F. H. Bradley
Occupation, Might, Might Have Been
F.H. Bradley, Carol Keene (1999). “F.H. Bradley: Miscellaneous Writings”, Thoemmes

You can't afford to think about what might have been. You just be aware of what is.

Noel Gallagher
Thinking, Might, Might Have Been

James Edward Oliver might have been one of the great mathematicians of his time had he not been absolutely wanting in the power of continuous work.

Simon Newcomb
Might, Might Have Been, Mathematician
Simon Newcomb (1903). “The reminiscences of an astronomer”, Harper and Brothers

He was obviously dead. But since he was a vampire that wasn't as hopless a thing as it might have been.

Patricia Briggs
Vampire, Might, Might Have Been
Patricia Briggs (2009). “Bone Crossed”, p.16, Penguin

I was a protestor. I was such a protestor that I regularly protested things that might have been good for me.

Maria Dahvana Headley
Might, Might Have Been, Has Beens
Maria Dahvana Headley (2007). “The Year of Yes”, Hyperion

Again it might have been the American tendency in travel. One goes, not so much to see but to tell afterward.

John Steinbeck
Might, Tendencies, Might Have Been
John Steinbeck (1980). “Travels with Charley in Search of America”, p.91, Penguin

But the might-have-been is but boggy ground to build upon.

Herman Melville
Might, Might Have Been, Has Beens
Herman Melville (2009). “Billy Budd and Other Tales”, p.27, Penguin

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