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That is what the past was, that which you could not get rid of. The past did not resemble the crumbs spilled over a rug. You could not shake them out from open windows.
That is what the past was, that which you could not get rid of. The past did not resemble the crumbs spilled over a rug. You could not shake them out from open windows.
Approximate author period: c. 1971 AD · modern
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- Elif Shafak
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- Approximate author period: c. 1971 AD · modern
Approximate author-period anchor from documented birth year 1971; activity date not established; Wikidata Q270739, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q270739 (accessed 2026-10-08). Not a quotation composition date.
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