The past attracts me, the present frightens me, because the future is …

Guy de Maupassant
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The past attracts me, the present frightens me, because the future is death. ✨ Guy de Maupassant (2007). The Short Stories of Guy de Maupassant, p.468, Wildside Press LLC
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The past attracts me, the present frightens me, because the future is death. ✨ Guy de Maupassant (2007). The Short Stories of Guy de Maupassant, p.468, Wildside Press LLC

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