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Don't brood on what's past, but never forget it either.
Don't brood on what's past, but never forget it either.
The past grows gradually around one, like a placenta for dying.
The past grows gradually around one, like a placenta for dying.
Nostalgia is a seductive liar.
Nostalgia is a seductive liar.
It is not the literal past, the "facts" of history, that shape us, but images of the past embodied in read more
It is not the literal past, the "facts" of history, that shape us, but images of the past embodied in language.
The past is really almost as much a work of the imagination as the future.
The past is really almost as much a work of the imagination as the future.
History is a set of lies agreed upon.
History is a set of lies agreed upon.
It is one thing to learn about the past; it is another to wallow in it.
It is one thing to learn about the past; it is another to wallow in it.
Everybody knows there is no fineness or accuracy of suppression; if you hold down one thing, you hold down the read more
Everybody knows there is no fineness or accuracy of suppression; if you hold down one thing, you hold down the adjoining.
The causes of events are ever more interresting than the events themselves.
The causes of events are ever more interresting than the events themselves.
