What is the past, after all, but a vast sheet of darkness in which a f…

John Updike
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What is the past, after all, but a vast sheet of darkness in which a few moments, pricked apparently at random, shine? ✨ John Updike (1996). Pigeon Feathers, and Other Stories, Ballantine Books
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