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The quote suggests that people generally understand and live more easily in the present than in the past. It also implies that looking back can feel unpleasant or murky compared with dealing with what is immediately before us.
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Source
Strong Opinions (2012)
Original Language & Translation
Originally said in English.
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The phrase appears in the book "Strong Opinions (2012)" by Vladimir Nabokov (Google Books snippet); no earlier source was checked.
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About Vladimir Nabokov
Russian and American novelist, poet, translator, and entomologist
Vladimir Nabokov was a Russian and American novelist, poet, translator, and entomologist. He wrote under his own name and also used the pen name Vladimir Sirin. He is known for fiction that moves between Russian and English, along with poetry and translation. His interests also reached into entomology, which sat alongside his literary work and shaped the range of his public life.
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Books by Vladimir Nabokov
Lolita
1991
Ada
1980
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1977
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1970
Speak, Memory
1989