• A safe but sometimes chilly way of recalling the past is to force open a crammed drawer. If you are searching for anything in particular you don't find it, but something falls out at the back that is often more interesting.

  Sir James Matthew Barrie
  British playwright 1860-1937
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1. interesting
2. recalling
3. searching
4. something
5. falls
6. often

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A safe but sometimes chilly way of recalling the past is to force open a crammed drawer. If you are searching for anything in particular you don't find it, but something falls out at the back that is often more interesting. by : Sir James Matthew Barrie

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