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No matter how vital experience might be while you lived it, no sooner was it ended and dead than it became as lifeless a
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"No matter how vital experience might be while you lived it, no sooner was it ended and dead than it became as lifeless as the piles of dry dust in a school history book"

- Ellen Glasgow

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This quote by Ellen Glasgow speaks to the short lived nature of experience. No matter how meaningful or life-changing an experience might be while we are living it, it quickly disappears and ends up being a distant memory. It is as if the experience never occurred, like the stacks of dry dust in a school history book. The dust is a reminder of the past, however it is lifeless and has no real influence on today. This quote acts as a tip to maximize our experiences while we can, due to the fact that they will soon become a distant memory. We should make every effort to make our experiences meaningful and remarkable, so that they will not fade away like the dust in a history book.

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USA Flag This quote is written / told by Ellen Glasgow between March 22, 1874 and November 21, 1945. He/she was a famous Novelist from USA. The author also have 19 other quotes.

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