The present was an egg laid by the past that had the future inside

The present was an egg laid by the past that had the future inside its shell. – Zora Neale Hurston

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The German philosopher Walter Benjamin had the curious notion that we could change the past. For most of us, the past is fixed while the future is open. – Terry Eagleton

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An author is a fool who, not content with boring those he lives with, insists on boring future generations. – Charles de Montesquieu

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