The past is so tenacious.

“From this day forward, because we are clearly the most interesting people who e…”

“...oh boo hoo, everyone’s life was hard, and if you’d survived the hardship, wh…”

“Wasn't the whole point of being an artist, or at least part of it, that you did…”

“But now the world, he thought, had taken them. He knew that this could suddenly…”