Why slum it where people were burdened by yesterday, and the day before, and the day before that? By history? Here, on the Island, they had learnt how to deal with history, how to sling it carelessly on your back and stride out across the download with the breeze in your face.Julian Barnes
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The people on the island were not burdened by yesterday, they didn't have to suffer through the suffering of others. They were not burdened by history, they were very much in the present moment. They didn't need to live in the past; they could create their own history.
Source: England, England
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