Literature and Life:         In the novel Of Human Bondage , the reader comes across a truly magnificent quote on page 627. This quote is: 'He had lived always in the future, and the present always, always had slipped through his fingers.' In and of itself, this is a very powerful quote. However, it can be given even more power and significance if a person can relate this quote to their own life and experiences. I myself, …showed first 75 words of 588 total…

…showed last 75 words of 588 total…with the quote stated above and in many other occurrences through the duration of the novel. Philip, the main character of the novel, almost loses much of his present, and almost the rest of his future, by the end of the book. However, he does realize the errors in his ways and changes his life. I'm truly happy that I was able to accomplish this as well because having no future is a terrible thing.