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For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven.

—Book of Ecclesiastes, c. 250 BC

The past grows gradually around one, like a placenta for dying.

—John Berger, 1984

The past is always tense and the future, perfect.

—Zadie Smith, 2000

This is Year Zero.

—Pol Pot, 1975

 Do not lessen the time of following desire, for the wasting of time is an abomination to the spirit.

—Ptahhotep, c. 2350 BC
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