History is no more fixed and dead than the future. The past is no further away than the last breath you took.

Robin Hobb
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This quote is worth pondering to begin with. It’s true that history is no more fixed and dead than the future. History is always in motion, moving forward, filled with new possibilities. There are just as many ways to look at the past as there are ways to see the future.

If you have the time, you can travel to faraway places in time or even before or after your own life. You can discover things about yourself or about others while participating in past events. You could learn something about yourself while exploring the world before you were born.

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