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The past is the father of the present.

The past is the father of the present.

Agatha Christie
Father, Past
Agatha Christie (1989). “Hallowe'en party”, Pocket

Until one looks back on one's own past one fails to realise what an extraordinary view of the world a child has.

Agatha Christie
Children, Past, Views
Agatha Christie (1991). “Agatha Christie: An Autobiography”, Berkley Publishing Group

The lure of the past came up to grab me. To see a dagger slowly appearing, with its gold glint, through the sand was romantic. The carefulness of lifting pots and objects from the soil filled me with a longing to be an archaeologist myself.

Agatha Christie
Past, Gold, Daggers
Agatha Christie (1991). “Agatha Christie: An Autobiography”, Berkley Publishing Group

If we seek to keep the past alive, we end, I think, by distorting it.

Agatha Christie
Thinking, Past, Alive
Agatha Christie (1972). “Hercule Poirot's Christmas”

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