It is not that I belong to the past, but the past that belongs to me.
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As we moved along in a little procession, I was delighted with the illumination of the streets. So many lamps, and they burned until morning, my father said, and so people did not need to carry lanterns.
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Our mothers are racked with the pains of our physical birth; we ourselves suffer the longer pains of our spiritual growth.
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A long past vividly remembered is like a heavy garment that clings to your limbs when you would run.
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The apex of my civic pride and personal contentment was reached on the bright September morning when I entered the public school.
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