The past is the past," Harry goes on, "you got to live in the present. ... It's the only way to think. When you're my age, you'll see it. At my age if you carried all the misery you've seen on your back you'd never get up in the morning. (John Updike)

The past is the past," Harry goes on, "you got to live in the present. ... It's the only way to think. When you're my age, you'll see it. At my age if you carried all the misery you've seen on your back you'd never get up in the morning.

John Updike

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