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> [“You think all existence lapses in as quiet a flow as that in which your youth has hitherto slid away. Floating on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlotte-bront-jane-eyre/you-think-all-existence-lapses-in-as-quiet-a-flow-as-that-in-which/)

[Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlotte-bront-jane-eyre/)

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> [“you think all existence lapses in a quiet flow as that in which your youth has hitherto slid away”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlotte-bronte/you-think-all-existence-lapses-in-a-quiet-flow-as-that-in-which-your/)

[Charlotte Brontë](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlotte-bronte/)

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> [Hours slide by like minutes. The accumulated clutter of day-to-day existence — the lapses of conscience, the unpaid bills, the bungled opportunities,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-krakauer/hours-slide-by-like-minutes-the-accumulated-clutter-of-day-to-day/)

[Jon Krakauer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-krakauer/)

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