ينبغي للمرء أن يحافظ دائمًا على صلته بالماضي، وأن ينسلخ عنه بلا انقطاع. البقاءُ على تواصلٍ مع الماضي يتطلّب حبًّا للذاكرة، ويتطلّب جهدًا خياليًّا متصلًا.

“One must always maintain one's connection to the past and yet ceaselessly pull away from it. To remain in touch with the past requires a love of memory. To remain in touch with the past requires a constant imaginative effort.”Gaston Bachelard — Fragments of a Poetics of Fire (A Retrospective Glance at the Lifework of a Master of Books)