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> [A ghost from her past, part of a world to which she no longer belonged but had never stopped missing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/catherine-anderson/a-ghost-from-her-past-part-of-a-world-to-which-she-no-longer-belonged/)

[Catherine Anderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/catherine-anderson/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3a6/catherine-anderson-308_ghost_a-ghost-from-her-past-part-of-a-world-to_1172511.jpg)

> [“A lot of people I know would hate that ending, but not me. I loved it. Mainly because I got to make…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lois-lowry/a-lot-of-people-i-know-would-hate-that-ending-but-not-me-i-loved-it/)

[Lois Lowry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lois-lowry/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/169/lois-lowry-978_ending_a-lot-of-people-i-know-would-hate-that-e_2014443.jpg)

> [“What they say is, life goes on, and that is mostly true. The mail is delivered and the Christmas lights go up…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deb-caletti/what-they-say-is-life-goes-on-and-that-is-mostly-true-the-mail-is/)

[Deb Caletti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deb-caletti/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5c0/deb-caletti-697_another-world_what-they-say-is-life-goes-on-and-that-i_2152097.png)

> [It is impossible to repristinate a past world picture by sheer resolve, especially a mythical world picture, now that all of our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rudolf-bultmann/it-is-impossible-to-repristinate-a-past-world-picture-by-sheer/)

[Rudolf Bultmann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rudolf-bultmann/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ef0/rudolf-bultmann-39373_acceptance_it-is-impossible-to-repristinate-a-past_2983683.png)

> [After all, history is a type of fantasy. For all the primary source research, in the end, the past world the historian…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ysabeau-s-wilce/after-all-history-is-a-type-of-fantasy-for-all-the-primary-source/)

[Ysabeau S. Wilce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ysabeau-s-wilce/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/870/ysabeau-s-wilce-61369_earth_after-all-history-is-a-type-of-fantasy-f_3081571.png)

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