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“I can only note that the past is beautiful because one never realises an emotion at the time. It expands later, and thus we don't have complete emotions about the present, only about the past.”

Virginia Woolf

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We often think the past is beautiful because we don't fully feel emotions when things happen. Over time, these feelings grow, so we only fully understand them later, not while they are happening.

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Beauty Emotion Experience Memory Nostalgia Past Perception Reflection Sentiment Time
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