Afterward Quotes

“Some readers may realize that this story, first published in 1956, has been overtaken by events. In 1965, astronomers discovered that Mercury does not keep one side always to the Sun, but has a period of rotation of about fifty-four days, so that all parts of it are exposed to the sunlight at one time or another.

Well, what can I do except say that I wish astronomers would get things right to begin with?

And I certainly refuse to change the story to suit their whims.”
― Isaac Asimov, The Best of Isaac Asimov

“And half of the fun of nearly everything, you know, is thinking about it beforehand, or afterward.”
― Howard R. Garis, Uncle Wiggily's Story Book

“What sort of an afterward for you and me do you have in mind, Athalar?'

He didn't balk from her searching gaze. 'The good kind,' he said with equal quiet.”
― Sarah J. Maas, House of Earth and Blood

“A thorn is a pain, but the flower is a beauty if it vanishes it will leave hundreds of seeds afterward.”
― Kamaran Ihsan Salih

“Stories are invented as you go along...”
― Orson Scott Card

“A toxic police officer stood so close to me that I had to do a COVID-19 test afterward because he breathed on me and I became sickly with COVID-19 symptoms.”
― Steven Magee

“We all face circumstances far beyond our ability to endure.
Do not worry. I will not bore you with a recitation of my sorrows. Not yet, at least. Today, I want to tell you about the afterward. Because beyond the valley of shadows and death, new life awaits. A fresh beginning has been set aside. An afterward.
I want to make you a promise. When you sink into valley after valley and your endurance is frayed, reduced to little more than the froth at the edge of the waves, even then, you can last.
You can endure, because God is preparing an afterward.”
― Tessa Afshar, The Palace Spy