In time history must become a fairy tale—it will become again what it was in the beginning.
—Novalis, c. 1798
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Time’s violence rends the soul; by the rent eternity enters.
—Simone Weil, 1947This is Year Zero.
—Pol Pot, 1975The past is always tense and the future, perfect.
—Zadie Smith, 2000Do not lessen the time of following desire, for the wasting of time is an abomination to the spirit.
—Ptahhotep, c. 2350 BC