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- In this world, there are two times. There is mechanical time and there is body time. The first is as rigid and metallic as a…
- With infinite life comes an infinite list of relatives. Grandparents never die, nor do great grandparents, great-aunts…and so on, back through the generations, all alive…
- Suppose time is a circle, bending back on itself. The world repeats itself, precisely, endlessly.
- Is it possible for a person to love without wanting love back? Is anything so pure? Or is love, by its nature, a reciprocity, like…
- A world in which time is absolute is a world of consolation. For while the movements of people are unpredictable, the movement of time is…
- While people brood, time skips ahead without looking back.
- Unconditional love. That’s what he wants to give her and what he wants from her. People should give without wanting anything in return. All other…
- And at the place where time stands still, one sees lovers kissing in the shadows of buildings, in a frozen embrace that will never let…
- A world in which time is absolute is a world of consolation. For while the movements of people are unpredictable, the movement of time is…
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- Look back over the past, with its changing empires that rose and fell, and you can foresee the future, too. — Marcus Aurelius
- The angel brought you back." "Because you asked him to. You could have anything alse in the world, and you asked for… — Cassandra Clare
- I wanted to get back to my style of 20 years ago after a long period of exploring horror and fantasy themes. — Dario Argento
- Yes, all fundamentalists feel that in a secular society, God has been relegated to the margin, to the periphery and they are… — Karen Armstrong
- It's frightening how easy it is to commit murder in America. Just a drink too much. I can see myself doing it.… — Wystan Hugh Auden
- Well, I think breathing life into the Endangered Species Act, taking those wolves back into Yellowstone, restoring the salmon in the rivers… — Bruce Babbitt
- I don't even have voice mail or answering machines anymore. I hate the phone, and I don't want to call anybody back.… — Drew Barrymore