Any good history begins in strangeness. The past should not be comfortable. The past should not a familar echo of the present, for if it is familar why revist it? The past should be so strange that you wonder how you and people you know and love could come from such a time. Richard White
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When you read a good book, the author will make you feel like you are in the story. It makes you think, what would I do if that happened to me? The author will make you see your life from different perspective. This quote explains that the past should not be comfortable, it should be strange because you can learn something from it. The past is not an echo of the present, it is how you got to where you are now, so keep reading it.

Source: Remembering Ahanagran: A History Of Stories

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