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> [“What is the present if not the graveyard of the past where, for each of our deeds we dig a grave. Everything…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mladen-or-evi/what-is-the-present-if-not-the-graveyard-of-the-past-where-for-each/)

[Mladen Đorđević](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mladen-or-evi/)

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> [“I am half inclined to think we are all ghosts…it is not only what we have inherited from our fathers and mothers…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henrik-ibsen/i-am-half-inclined-to-think-we-are-all-ghosts-it-is-not-only-what-we/)

[Henrik Ibsen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henrik-ibsen/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7b8/henrik-ibsen-1419_faith_i-am-half-inclined-to-think-we-are-all-g_1108627.jpg)

> [“If you lack the humility to go back and tie up the loose ends in your past, then be prepared to forever…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-joybell-c/if-you-lack-the-humility-to-go-back-and-tie-up-the-loose-ends-in-your/)

[C. JoyBell C](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-joybell-c/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/935/c-joybell-c-471_ego_if-you-lack-the-humility-to-go-back-and_1155458.jpg)

> [“Chasing ghosts while pursued by daemons...”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gail-carriger/chasing-ghosts-while-pursued-by-daemons/)

[Gail Carriger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gail-carriger/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d07/gail-carriger-1051_daemons_chasing-ghosts-while-pursued-by-daemons_2186952.jpg)

> [“We are ghosts of the people we used to be. -Dickensian, TV Series (2015– ), s01e17”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-phelps/we-are-ghosts-of-the-people-we-used-to-be-dickensian-tv-series-2015/)

[Sarah Phelps](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-phelps/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/681/sarah-phelps-276391_ghost_we-are-ghosts-of-the-people-we-used-to-b_2775575.jpg)

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