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In time history must become a fairy tale—it will become again what it was in the beginning.

—Novalis, c. 1798

They say, “We only have the life of this world. We die and we live, and nothing destroys us but time.” Yet, not true knowledge have they of this—only belief.

—The Qur’an, c. 620

Those who make the worst use of their time are the first to complain of its brevity.

—Jean de La Bruyère, 1688

This is Year Zero.

—Pol Pot, 1975

Time, when it is left to itself and no definite demands are made on it, cannot be trusted to move at any recognized pace. Usually it loiters, but just when one has come to count upon its slowness, it may suddenly break into a wild irrational gallop.

—Edith Wharton, 1905
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