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Quote on a picture of the Rhone at Condrieu.

“Without the past to cast its long shadow, might you see the future more clearly?” — Diane Setterfield, Bellman & Black

Author YahooeyPosted on December 4, 2022December 3, 2022Categories QuotationsTags Diane Setterfield, future, pastLeave a comment on Quote of the Day

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Quote with a picture of Jamaica Kincaid at the Göteborg Book Fair in September 2019.

“The past is a room full of baggage and rubbish and sometimes things that are of use.” — Jamaica Kincaid, The Autobiography of My Mother

Author YahooeyPosted on November 23, 2022November 22, 2022Categories QuotationsTags Jamaica Kincaid, pastLeave a comment on Quote of the Day

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Quote on a picture of Rome.

“The past is the only dead thing that smells sweet.” — Edward Thomas, Early One Morning

Author YahooeyPosted on March 3, 2022February 28, 2022Categories QuotationsTags Edward Thomas, nostalgia, past2 Comments on Quote of the Day

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Quote on a picture of Montargis.

“The future arrives and becomes the past.” — Yahooey

Author YahooeyPosted on January 23, 2022January 20, 2022Categories QuotationsTags future, past2 Comments on Quote of the Day

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Quote with a picture of Gish Jen.

“He was like a nation in crisis, looking back, and back and back — its history might be ugly, but its past shone perfect.” — Gish Jen, Typical American

Author YahooeyPosted on August 12, 2021August 10, 2021Categories QuotationsTags Gish Jen, history, pastLeave a comment on Quote of the Day

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Quote with a portrait of Shashi Tharoor.

“The past is not necessarily a guide to the future, but it does partly help explain the present.” — Shashi Tharoor, Inglorious Empire

Author YahooeyPosted on July 4, 2021July 4, 2021Categories QuotationsTags future, past, present, Shashi TharoorLeave a comment on Quote of the Day

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A generation which ignores history has no past — and no future.

“A generation which ignores history has no past — and no future.” — Robert A. Heinlein, Time Enough for Love

Author YahooeyPosted on February 6, 2021January 27, 2021Categories QuotationsTags future, history, past, Robert A. Heinlein4 Comments on Quote of the Day

Quote of the Day

History, despite its wrenching pain, cannot be unlived, and if faced with courage, need not be lived again.

“History, despite its wrenching pain, cannot be unlived, and if faced with courage, need not be lived again.” — Maya Angelou, “On the Pulse of Morning“, First inauguration of President Bill Clinton (1993-01-20)

Author YahooeyPosted on November 27, 2020November 17, 2020Categories QuotationsTags history, Maya Angelou, past1 Comment on Quote of the Day

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How can we live without our lives? How will we know it's us without our past?

“How can we live without our lives? How will we know it’s us without our past?” — John Steinbeck, The Grapes of Wrath

Author YahooeyPosted on November 2, 2020November 1, 2020Categories QuotationsTags John Steinbeck, past, The Grapes of WrathLeave a comment on Quote of the Day

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Let the past hold on to itself and let the present move forward into the future.

“Let the past hold on to itself and let the present move forward into the future.” — Douglas Adams, Mostly Harmless

Author YahooeyPosted on October 7, 2020October 6, 2020Categories QuotationsTags Douglas Adams, future, Mostly Harmless, past, presentLeave a comment on Quote of the Day

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