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Only the present hurts (Michel Houellebecq)

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The past is always beautiful. So, for that matter, is the future. Only the present hurts, and we carry it around like an abscess of suffering, our companion between two infinities of happiness and peace.

Michel Houellebecq (in Submission)

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