"There are periods of life that you never want to think back on. Not because memories of our mistakes, failures or unhappiness are attached to them. My father often said that even failure has its good side. So this is not the reason why I am sometimes reluctant to return to the past. I don't feel like recalling certain periods of my life because they didn't add anything to the picture of reality that lives in each of us.
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Konsztantyin PausztovszkijAll Translations
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There are periods of life that you never want to think back on. Not because memories of our mistakes, failures or unhappiness are attached to them. My father often said that even failure has its good side. So this is not the reason why I am sometimes reluctant to return to the past. I don't feel like recalling certain periods of my life because they didn't add anything to the picture of reality that lives in each of us.
""Vannak az életnek olyan korszakai, amelyekre az ember semmiképp sem akar visszagondolni. Nem azért, mert hibáink, kudarcaink vagy boldogtalanságunk emlékei fűződnek hozzájuk. Apám gyakran mondogatta, hogy a kudarcnak is megvan a maga jó oldala. Nem ez az oka tehát, hogy néha nem szívesen térek vissza a múltba. Azért nincs kedvem visszaemlékezni életem bizonyos szakaszaira, mert nem adtak hozzá semmit a valóságnak ahhoz a képéhez, amely mindegyikünkben él."