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> [“In my experience, the past is rarely as harmless, or as far away, as we’d like it to be.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melissa-decarlo/in-my-experience-the-past-is-rarely-as-harmless-or-as-far-away-as-we/)

[Melissa DeCarlo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melissa-decarlo/)

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## More by Melissa DeCarlo

> [“A human wife or girlfriend isn’t nearly as interesting an adversary as Jesus.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melissa-decarlo/a-human-wife-or-girlfriend-isn-t-nearly-as-interesting-an-adversary/)

[Melissa DeCarlo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melissa-decarlo/)

> [“It’s funny how when it’s somebody else telling the story it’s easy to see that He can’t take a joke is just another way…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melissa-decarlo/it-s-funny-how-when-it-s-somebody-else-telling-the-story-it-s-easy-to/)

[Melissa DeCarlo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melissa-decarlo/)

> [“The fluorescent light overhead hums and has a flicker that I sense more than see. There’s a constellation of dead bugs in the fixture’s…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melissa-decarlo/the-fluorescent-light-overhead-hums-and-has-a-flicker-that-i-sense/)

[Melissa DeCarlo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melissa-decarlo/)

> [“In my experience, the past is rarely as harmless, or as far away, as we’d like it to be.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melissa-decarlo/in-my-experience-the-past-is-rarely-as-harmless-or-as-far-away-as-we/)

[Melissa DeCarlo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melissa-decarlo/)

> [“What wrong?” he asks.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melissa-decarlo/what-wrong-he-asks/)

[Melissa DeCarlo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melissa-decarlo/)

> [“I used to have my own friends, of course I did, but it’s like the dentist told me when I was a kid—ignore them…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melissa-decarlo/i-used-to-have-my-own-friends-of-course-i-did-but-it-s-like-the/)

[Melissa DeCarlo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melissa-decarlo/)

> [“I’m thinking about how fluid the border is between crazy and interesting, and how hard it is to decide who belongs where. Hell, most…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melissa-decarlo/i-m-thinking-about-how-fluid-the-border-is-between-crazy-and/)

[Melissa DeCarlo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melissa-decarlo/)

> [“It is a beautiful day here in the armpit of America.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melissa-decarlo/it-is-a-beautiful-day-here-in-the-armpit-of-america/)

[Melissa DeCarlo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melissa-decarlo/)

> [“One is a little larger than the other, but overall the Winstons look alike—tan fur, short legs, stubby bodies, batlike ears. They snort and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melissa-decarlo/one-is-a-little-larger-than-the-other-but-overall-the-winstons-look/)

[Melissa DeCarlo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melissa-decarlo/)

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