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Jessamyn West

The past is really almost as much a work of the imagination as the future.

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When we think about what happened before, we often fill in gaps or interpret events based on our feelings and memories, rather than just facts. Similarly, imagining the future involves creating scenarios that may or may not happen, so both past and future rely heavily on how we picture them in our minds.

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