Amitav Ghosh Quote

To use the past to justify the present is bad enough—but it's just as bad to use the present to justify the past.

The Glass Palace: A Novel (ed. Random House, 2001) - ISBN: 9780375506871

To use the past to justify the present is bad enough—but it's just as bad to use the present to justify the past.

To use the past to justify the present is bad enough—but it's just as bad to use the present to justify the past.

To use the past to justify the present is bad enough—but it's just as bad to use the present to justify the past.

To use the past to justify the present is bad enough—but it's just as bad to use the present to justify the past.