In a certain sense the past is far more real, or at any rate more stable, more resilient than the present. The present slips and vanishes like sand between the fingers, acquiring material weight, only in its recollection.

Andrei Tarkovsky
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When all is said and done, the past is really real. It is real in the sense that it is something that happened. It is more real than the present because it was more stable. The present will change, but not as much as the past changed.

The present reminds us of the past, but it does not change it to the same extent that the past changed it. You can think of your past as something that is still there. It seems to be there in some way, however you cannot touch it or interact with it.

Only by remembering it can you access it.

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