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What is the past, after all, but a vast sheet of darkness in which a few moments, pricked apparently at random, shine?

John Updike
Past, Shining, Darkness
John Updike (1996). “Pigeon Feathers, and Other Stories”, Ballantine Books
What is the past, after all, but a vast sheet of darkness in which a few moments, pricked apparently at random, shine?