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> [But you have to live in the present. You have to take the old and make it new -- that's my point.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-myracle/but-you-have-to-live-in-the-present-you-have-to-take-the-old-and-make/)

[Lauren Myracle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-myracle/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2fc/lauren-myracle-3205_anger_but-you-have-to-live-in-the-present-you_36972.png)

> [“Because if every moment of a life is present in every other, so is every old self you've ever tried to outrun. And then how to know—the present self having always felt flimsy, somehow, compared to the one so acutely…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/garth-risk-hallberg/because-if-every-moment-of-a-life-is-present-in-every-other-so-is/)

[Garth Risk Hallberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/garth-risk-hallberg/)

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