The past isn't quaint while you're in it. Only at a safe distance, later, when you can see it as décor, not as the shape — Margaret Atwood, Cat's Eye
The past isn't quaint while you're in it. Only at a safe distance, later, when you can see it as décor, not as the shape — Margaret Atwood, Cat's Eye
The past isn't quaint while you're in it. Only at a safe distance, later, when you can see it as décor, not as the shape — Margaret Atwood, Cat's Eye
The past isn't quaint while you're in it. Only at a safe distance, later, when you can see it as décor, not as the shape — Margaret Atwood, Cat's Eye
The past isn't quaint while you're in it. Only at a safe distance, later, when you can see it as décor, not as the shape — Margaret Atwood, Cat's Eye
The past isn't quaint while you're in it. Only at a safe distance, later, when you can see it as décor, not as the shape — Margaret Atwood, Cat's Eye
The past isn't quaint while you're in it. Only at a safe distance, later, when you can see it as décor, not as the shape — Margaret Atwood, Cat's Eye
The past isn't quaint while you're in it. Only at a safe distance, later, when you can see it as décor, not as the shape — Margaret Atwood, Cat's Eye
The past isn't quaint while you're in it. Only at a safe distance, later, when you can see it as décor, not as the shape — Margaret Atwood, Cat's Eye
The past isn't quaint while you're in it. Only at a safe distance, later, when you can see it as décor, not as the shape — Margaret Atwood, Cat's Eye
The past isn't quaint while you're in it. Only at a safe distance, later, when you can see it as décor, not as the shape — Margaret Atwood, Cat's Eye
The past isn't quaint while you're in it. Only at a safe distance, later, when you can see it as décor, not as the shape — Margaret Atwood, Cat's Eye
The past isn't quaint while you're in it. Only at a safe distance, later, when you can see it as décor, not as the shape — Margaret Atwood, Cat's Eye
The past isn't quaint while you're in it. Only at a safe distance, later, when you can see it as décor, not as the shape — Margaret Atwood, Cat's Eye
The past isn't quaint while you're in it. Only at a safe distance, later, when you can see it as décor, not as the shape — Margaret Atwood, Cat's Eye
The past isn't quaint while you're in it. Only at a safe distance, later, when you can see it as décor, not as the shape — Margaret Atwood, Cat's Eye
The past isn't quaint while you're in it. Only at a safe distance, later, when you can see it as décor, not as the shape — Margaret Atwood, Cat's Eye
The past isn't quaint while you're in it. Only at a safe distance, later, when you can see it as décor, not as the shape — Margaret Atwood, Cat's Eye
The past isn't quaint while you're in it. Only at a safe distance, later, when you can see it as décor, not as the shape — Margaret Atwood, Cat's Eye
The past isn't quaint while you're in it. Only at a safe distance, later, when you can see it as décor, not as the shape — Margaret Atwood, Cat's Eye
The past isn't quaint while you're in it. Only at a safe distance, later, when you can see it as décor, not as the shape — Margaret Atwood, Cat's Eye
The past isn't quaint while you're in it. Only at a safe distance, later, when you can see it as décor, not as the shape — Margaret Atwood, Cat's Eye
The past isn't quaint while you're in it. Only at a safe distance, later, when you can see it as décor, not as the shape — Margaret Atwood, Cat's Eye
The past isn't quaint while you're in it. Only at a safe distance, later, when you can see it as décor, not as the shape — Margaret Atwood, Cat's Eye
The past isn't quaint while you're in it. Only at a safe distance, later, when you can see it as décor, not as the shape — Margaret Atwood, Cat's Eye
The past isn't quaint while you're in it. Only at a safe distance, later, when you can see it as décor, not as the shape — Margaret Atwood, Cat's Eye
The past isn't quaint while you're in it. Only at a safe distance, later, when you can see it as décor, not as the shape — Margaret Atwood, Cat's Eye
The past isn't quaint while you're in it. Only at a safe distance, later, when you can see it as décor, not as the shape — Margaret Atwood, Cat's Eye
The past isn't quaint while you're in it. Only at a safe distance, later, when you can see it as décor, not as the shape — Margaret Atwood, Cat's Eye
The past isn't quaint while you're in it. Only at a safe distance, later, when you can see it as décor, not as the shape — Margaret Atwood, Cat's Eye
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The past isn't quaint while you're in it. Only at a safe distance, later, when you can see it as décor, not as the shape your life's been squeezed into.

— Margaret Atwood, Cat's Eye
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