" I am not sure if a passion for the past is altogether satisfying. And sometimes it produces a horror of the present.’
‘That’s exactly what it is producing in me! I’m getting to hate everything contemporary. I expect you will say that the poor suffered horribly in the past; I know that, and I don’t care. It was all beautiful; that’s all that matters to me.’
‘I’m glad to hear you speak with such feeling; it shows enjoyment. Nevertheless, a passion for the past is a form of yearning. It is doomed never to be satisfied, and therefore can never be satisfying. "

― Stella Gibbons , Westwood