„A fine thing: suddenly to forget about one’s history, one’s past, to stop feeling that one’s present happiness is endangered by what one used to be.“

— Peter Handke

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„To accept one's past - one's history - is not the same things as drowning in it. An invented past can never be used; it cracks and crumbles under the pressures of life like clay in a season of drought.“
— James Baldwin
„The tenth penetration is, "All times penetrate one time. One time penetrates all times — past, present, and future. In one second, you can find the past, present, and future."“
— Thich Nhat Hanh
„One swallow does not make a summer,neither does one fine day;similarly one day or brief time of happiness does not make a person entirely happy.“
— Aristotle