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You realize that our mistrust of the future makes it hard to give up the past.
You realize that our mistrust of the future makes it hard to give up the past.
Approximate author period: c. 1962 AD · modern
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- Chuck Palahniuk
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- Approximate author period: c. 1962 AD · modern
Approximate author-period anchor from documented birth year 1962; activity date not established; Wikidata Q268181, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q268181 (accessed 2026-10-08). Not a quotation composition date.
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