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'History is intercourse with greatness and duration. It allows us to rise above time.' ...that was tempting. But he couldn't earn any money with it.

— Sten Nadolny The Discovery of Slowness (1983)

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There are two varieties of men. Some understand 'some women', the others are those who simply 'understand women'.

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When people talk too fast the content becomes as superfluous as the speed.

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If there had been no war, perhaps I would have already discovered a lot by now.

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The most distant mountains, like himself, just stood there and gazed.

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