There is no past we can bring back by longing for it. There is only an…

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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There is no past we can bring back by longing for it. There is only an eternal now that builds and creates out of the past something new and better.
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There is no past we can bring back by longing for it. There is only an eternal now that builds and creates out of the past something new and better.

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