Great Regulars: In the July 14 issue of the Times Literary Supplement,

David Wheatley begins his review of Letters of Louis MacNeice by noting that "the Greeks thought of the past as stretching out before them while the future waited behind their backs."

I am not sure if I ever knew this, and had long since forgotten it, but I do know that I have often thought this way. It has long seemed to me that when we are born we get in line behind all those who are already and those who come after get in line behind those of us who have already arrived.

from Frank Wilson: When Falls the Coliseum: That's What He Said: The mystery of time

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