"UPYou wake up filled with dread.There seems no reason for it.Morning light sifts through the window,there is birdsong,you can't get out of bed.It's so...

The past isn't quaint while you're in it. Only at a safe distance, later, when you can see it as décor, not as the shape your life's been squeezed into.
~ Margaret Atwood ~












The past isn't quaint while you're in it. Only at a safe distance, later, when you can see it as déc...
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