Hermann Broch… for overstrong was the command to hold fast to each smallest particle of time, to the smallest particle of every circumstance, and to embody all of them in memory as if they could be preserved in memory through all deaths for all times.
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The words of Dante Alighieri, a contemporary of Shakespeare, capture how much we can accomplish if we can see the power of small moments. He wrote, “And every hour which has passed, and is passing, and will pass, without leaving a trace behind it, is the greatest treasure which the world holds.” In other words, you can create a lifetime of meaningful memories from a single moment. You can hold those precious moments close to your heart and use them as a guide for what you might do now and how you should live now.
Source: The Death Of Virgil
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