This Book Said The Past Ain’t Through With Us
Yesterday, I watched the second half of Magnolia, started the evening before. I’ve watched it dozens of times, and it’s gone from “meh” to my top two favorite PT Anderson films. There’s a quote heard throughout, and the last line for narrator Ricky Jay: And the book says, “We may be through with the past, but the past ain’t through with us.” In what “book” does this quote appear? After finding a clue on an archived thread that linked to...
3 responses to “This Book Said The Past Ain’t Through With Us”
Gosh, I wish I would have had that inomrfation earlier!
Hey, I wondered, too, what book was being referenced. The quote sounds like something a great philosopher or writer of fiction would say.
Wanna chime in and say that the AA Big Book is often referred to as “the book” and it has this line in it.