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Time is a master of ceremonies who always ends up putting us in our rightful place, we advance, stop and retreat according to his orders, our mistake lies in imagination that we can catch him out.

— 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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At this time of life even a day makes a difference, the only saving grace is that sometimes things improve.

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