The past haunts us not because we cannot forget it, but beca... - Philip Roth

This quote is attributed to Philip Roth.

"The past haunts us not because we cannot forget it, but because we cannot fully understand it."

Philip Roth History

Novelist American 1933–2018

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"I think being funny is not anyone's first choice."

"We're all looking for a way out of the human condition."

"No one in this world gets an easy birth, excepting S.O.B.s."

"I've seen a lot of things in my time."

"That's how we archaeologists tell time."

"We must learn from history or be doomed to repeat it."

"Every artifact tells a story."