James JoyceHistory, Stephen said, is a nightmare from which I am trying to awake.
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History is a nightmare from which I am trying to awake. It's strange that we should be frightened by our own past. We should celebrate what we did and try to learn from our mistakes. Of course, history can be a nightmare if we get it wrong, but if we choose to learn from the mistakes of the past and make things better for people in the future, then history can be a wonderful thing.
Source: Ulysses
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