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The food that memory gives to eat is bitter to the taste, and it is only with the teeth of hope that we can bear to bite it.

H. Rider Haggard
Memories, Giving, Teeth
H. Rider Haggard (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of H. Rider Haggard (Illustrated)”, p.1119, Delphi Classics
The food that memory gives to eat is bitter to the taste, and it is only with the teeth of hope that we can bear to bite it.