Evelyn Waugh Quotes

Sometimes, I feel the past and the future pressing so hard on either side that there's no room for the present at all.

Evelyn Waugh

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• Sometimes, I feel the past and the future pressing so hard on either side that there's no room for the present at all.

  

  Evelyn Waugh
  • Future
  • Present
  • Feel