The past attracts me, the present frightens me, because the future is death. — Guy de Maupassant, The Complete Short Stories of Guy de Maupassant, Part One
The past attracts me, the present frightens me, because the future is death. — Guy de Maupassant, The Complete Short Stories of Guy de Maupassant, Part One
The past attracts me, the present frightens me, because the future is death. — Guy de Maupassant, The Complete Short Stories of Guy de Maupassant, Part One
The past attracts me, the present frightens me, because the future is death. — Guy de Maupassant, The Complete Short Stories of Guy de Maupassant, Part One
The past attracts me, the present frightens me, because the future is death. — Guy de Maupassant, The Complete Short Stories of Guy de Maupassant, Part One
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The past attracts me, the present frightens me, because the future is death.

— Guy de Maupassant, The Complete Short Stories of Guy de Maupassant, Part One
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