It has never been easy for me to understand the obliteration of time, to accept, as others seem to do, the swelling and corresponding shrinkage of seasons or the conscious acceptance that one year has ended and another begun. There is something here that speaks of our essential helplessness and how the greater substance of our lives is bound up with waste and opacity.. How can so much time hold so little, how can it be taken from us? Months, weeks, days, hours misplaced — and the most precious time of life, too, when our bodies are at their greatest strength, and open, as they never will be again, to the onslaught of sensation. Carol Shields
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For centuries, people have pondered the topic of time. They have examined the passage of time and pondered what it means to live in "now" while at the same time, living in "then." The answer, perhaps, is that we are all stuck in a loop of something. We look for answers in the past but our futures are beyond our control. We look for answers in the future but our present is beyond our control. The only thing we can do is live in the moment and find meaning in it.

Source: The Stone Diaries

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