"Why doesn't the past decently bury itself, instead of sitting waiting to be admired by the present?"

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D. H. Lawrence

#Past Quotes #Waiting Quotes #Sitting Quotes

“Every new generation must rewrite history in its own way.”
“I am an emotional plagiarist, stealing other people's pain, subsuming it into my own until I can't remember whose it is any more.”

Source : Sarah Kane, David Greig (2001). “Kane: Complete Plays: Blasted; Phaedra's Love; Cleansed; Crave; 4.48 Psychosis; Skin”, p.195, A&C Black
“I felt free, once I realized i was never going to fit the narrow mold that society wanted me to fit in.”

Source : "Ashley Graham’s Ted Talk Is A Lesson In Body Acceptance" by Jamie Feldman, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 29, 2015.
“My Dublin wasn't the Dublin of sing-songs, traditional music, sense of history and place and community.”
“Use your ears to record and your eyes to video.”
“I knew a man who carried his education in his vest pocket because there was more room there than in his head.”
“Is it better to out-monster the monster or to be quietly devoured?”
“Do you think a champion is made out of thin air? Itâ€™s through the hardships you endure that youâ€™ll gain real strength.”

Source : Gail Tsukiyama (2007). “The Street of a Thousand Blossoms”, p.178, Macmillan

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