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After all, we are always on time, behind time, in time, but never out of time, no matter how often we are told that we are.

— José Saramago The Cave (2000)

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The difficult thing isn't living with other people, it's understanding them.

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If I'm sincere today, what does it matter if I regret it tomorrow?

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Words were not given to man in order to conceal his thoughts.

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Perhaps only in a world of the blind will things be what they truly are.

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