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I’m one of these children who grew up at the knee of my grandmother and her elder sister, listening to very old people talk about their memories.

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Hilary Mantel

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History is always changing behind us, and the past changes a little every time we retell it.

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Sometimes you buy a book, powerfully drawn to it, but then it just sits on the shelf. Maybe you flick through it, the ghost of your original purpose at your elbow, but it’s not so much rereading as re-dusting. Then one day you pick it up, take notice of the contents; your inner life realigns.

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April 30, 2024

Sometimes you buy a book, powerfully drawn to it, but then it just sits on the shelf. Maybe you flick through it, the ghost of your original purpose at your elbow, but it’s not so much rereading as re-dusting. Then one day you pick it up, take notice of the contents; your inner life realigns.

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April 30, 2024

History is always changing behind us, and the past changes a little every time we retell it.

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