It was a true statement. But then it came to me that I could not go back. One cannot, ever, go back to the place which exists in memory. You would not see it with the same eyes -- even supposing that it should improbably have remained much the same. What you have had you have had. 'The happy highways where I went/ And shall not come again . . .'

Never go back to a place where you have been happy. Until you do it remains alive for you. If you go back it will be destroyed."/>

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" I said, unthinkingly: "I should like to go back."

It was a true statement. But then it came to me that I could not go back. One cannot, ever, go back to the place which exists in memory. You would not see it with the same eyes -- even supposing that it should improbably have remained much the same. What you have had you have had. 'The happy highways where I went/ And shall not come again . . .'

Never go back to a place where you have been happy. Until you do it remains alive for you. If you go back it will be destroyed. "

― Agatha Christie , Agatha Christie: An Autobiography

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Agatha Christie quote : I said, unthinkingly:
It was a true statement. But then it came to me that I could not go back. One cannot, ever, go back to the place which exists in memory. You would not see it with the same eyes -- even supposing that it should improbably have remained much the same. What you have had you have had. 'The happy highways where I went/ And shall not come again . . .'

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