To feel today what one felt yesterday isn’t to feel – it’s to remember today what was felt yesterday, to be today’s living corpse of what yesterday was lived and lost.
Meaning of the quote
This quote is saying that feeling the same way today as you did yesterday is not really feeling. It's just remembering what you felt before. You're living as a "corpse" of your past self, instead of truly experiencing the present moment.
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