Past, Present and Future

'Why do people live in the past?'

'Because the past, which we know, is more interesting than the future, which we don't know.'

'Isn't the present good enough for you?'

'Yes, quite, but it is one of its principal charms that it enshrines the past.'

Hesketh Pearson replying to a testy H G Wells.

(Hesketh Pearson (1887-1964) a Britosh actor, theatre director and writer. Throughout his career Pearson made the acquaintance of many other celebrated writers and performers.)