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> [“The arrow of time obscures memory of both past and future circumstance with innumerable fallacies, the least trivial of which is perception.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ashim-shanker/the-arrow-of-time-obscures-memory-of-both-past-and-future/)

[Ashim Shanker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ashim-shanker/)

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> [“When we are healthy, wealthy and powerful, we forget about our mortality. It’s only when irreparable cracks set in that we come…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bangambiki-habyarimana/when-we-are-healthy-wealthy-and-powerful-we-forget-about-our/)

[Bangambiki Habyarimana](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bangambiki-habyarimana/)

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> [“Trust is an illusion meant to wrap one in a false sense of belief, in that moment of realization will despair ultimately…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lolah-runda/trust-is-an-illusion-meant-to-wrap-one-in-a-false-sense-of-belief-in/)

[Lolah Runda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lolah-runda/)

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> [“At one moment, his eyes sparkled in the light and in the next they were enshrouded in shadow. What connected those bands…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ashim-shanker/at-one-moment-his-eyes-sparkled-in-the-light-and-in-the-next-they/)

[Ashim Shanker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ashim-shanker/)

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> [“Light and Dark: each was unaware that the other existed.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ashim-shanker/light-and-dark-each-was-unaware-that-the-other-existed/)

[Ashim Shanker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ashim-shanker/)

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> [“Each person has a self-image that, to some degree, does not match reality. A significant difference between self-image and reality can be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-h-bolton-and-dorothy-grover-bolton/each-person-has-a-self-image-that-to-some-degree-does-not-match/)

[Robert H. Bolton and Dorothy Grover Bolton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-h-bolton-and-dorothy-grover-bolton/)

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