"It's in vain to recall the past,..." - Quote by Charles Dickens
It's in vain to recall the past, unless it works some influence upon the present.
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“...why bother remembering a past that cannot be made into a present?”
“Yes, and even for the past...that it will turn out to have been all right for what it was. Something I can accept. Mistakes made by the self I had to be or was not able to be.”
“If her past were your past, her pain your pain, her level of consciousness your level of consciousness, you would think and act exactly as she does. With this realization comes forgiveness, compassion and peace.”