„Without the protection of surliness and levity, all children would be crushed by the past—the past of others, loaded onto their shoulders. Selfishness is their saving grace.“

— Margaret Atwood

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„The only saving grace of the present is that it's too damned stupid to question the past very closely.“
— H.P. Lovecraft
„Without a past you can't have a future.“
— Michael Ende
„Study the past if you would define the future.“
— Confucius