The past is the one thing we are not prisoners of. We can do with the past exactly what we wish. What we can't do is to change its consequences. (John Berger)

The past is the one thing we are not prisoners of. We can do with the past exactly what we wish. What we can't do is to change its consequences.

John Berger

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