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Oh, if life were made of moments,
Even now and then a bad one!
But if life were only moments,
Then you'd never know you had one.

— Stephen Sondheim Into The Woods (1986)

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The nice thing about doing a crossword puzzle is, you know there is a solution.

I'm depraved on account of I'm deprived.

I'm a lazy writer. My idea of heaven is not writing. On the other hand, I'm obviously compulsive about it.

There's a place for us, Somewhere a place for us
Peace and quiet and open air wait for us, Somewhere.
There's a time for us, Some day a time for us
Time together with time to spare, time to look, time to care, Someday.
Somewhere we'll find a new way of living.
We'll find a way of forgiving, Somewhere.'

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