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The past grows gradually around one, like a placenta for dying. -

The past grows gradually around one, like a placenta for dying. – John Berger

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The camera relieves us of the burden of memory. It surveys us like God, and it surveys for us. Yet no other god has been so cynical, for the camera records in order to forget. – John Berger

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What makes photography a strange invention is that its primary raw materials are light and time. – John Berger

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What is past and cannot be prevented should not be grieved for. – American Indian Proverb

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Yesterday is a canceled check: Forget it. Tomorrow is a promissory note: Dont count on it. Today is ready cash: Use it! – Edwin C. Bliss

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I cannot sing the old songs, Or dream those dreams again, – Charlotte Barnard

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