The ghosts that exert the most power in people__ lives-at least, the people I know__end to be of their own making, and consist of equal parts regret and old fears and just plain missing somebody.
The past is devoid of meaning like the present, and a refuge for cowards.
Maurice
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The past is devoid of meaning like the present, and a refuge for cowards.
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