"He did not know that the Old One was his"

“He did not know that the Old One was his father, for such a relationship was utterly beyond his understanding, but as he looked at the emaciated body he felt a dim disquiet that was the ancestor of sadness.”

- Arthur C. Clarke,

Tag: ancestor, apes, death, sadness, science,

“Maybe, it is easier to forget the past,than to overcome the pain caused by it.Maybe, it is one of some other reasons,why men forget their prehuman ancestor.”

- Toba Beta,

Tag: ancestor, forget-the-past, pain, prehuman, truth,

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