He had understood long ago that the past was no better than the present. That was as plain as day. One had to try to escape, to wrestle free from every era, so as not to be devoured by it.

Lyudmila Ulitskaya
He had understood long ago that the past was no...
He had understood long ago that the past was no...
He had understood long ago that the past was no...
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The past and the present are not interchangeable. The present is made up of what we did and did not do in the past. If we dwell on the past, we will not be able to move forward in life. We need to use the past to make us better people moving forward.

Source: The Big Green Tent

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