it's an idea from alice in wonderland. basically the quote is just a philosophical examination of G.E. Moore's principle of organic unity, which wonders whether the sum of the values of the parts of a whole equal the value of the whole itself.
when looking backward or forward, experiences are generally described as good. if you ask me if i like my job, i say yes. because as a whole, in the past & in the future, it's a pretty good gig. but if you ask me how work was at the end of the day, i'll almost always say it sucked. so, the parts of the whole (every day of work) may suck, which would make it logical to assume that the whole (work in general) would suck as well, since all of the parts suck. but somehow, we end up looking to the future & to the past as inherently good things, whether or not each piece of them was or will be good or not.
so.. essentially, you had jam on your toast yesterday, & you'll have it tomorrow, but you'll never have it today. :)
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