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Time’s violence rends the soul; by the rent eternity enters.

—Simone Weil, 1947

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

—Jean de La Bruyère, 1688

Scars have the strange power to remind us that our past is real.

—Cormac McCarthy, 1992

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

—Ptahhotep, c. 2350 BC

The past is always tense and the future, perfect.

—Zadie Smith, 2000
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