That is what the past was, that which you could not get rid of. The past did not resemble the crumbs spilled over a rug. — Elif Shafak, The Flea Palace
That is what the past was, that which you could not get rid of. The past did not resemble the crumbs spilled over a rug. — Elif Shafak, The Flea Palace
That is what the past was, that which you could not get rid of. The past did not resemble the crumbs spilled over a rug. — Elif Shafak, The Flea Palace
That is what the past was, that which you could not get rid of. The past did not resemble the crumbs spilled over a rug. — Elif Shafak, The Flea Palace
That is what the past was, that which you could not get rid of. The past did not resemble the crumbs spilled over a rug. — Elif Shafak, The Flea Palace
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That is what the past was, that which you could not get rid of. The past did not resemble the crumbs spilled over a rug. You could not shake them out from open windows.

— Elif Shafak, The Flea Palace
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