Time is the river. We are the islands. Time washes around us and flows away and with it flow fragments of our lives. So, little by little, each island shrinks…. But where, who can say, down the long stream of time, are our eroded days deposited?

Edwin Way Teale
About This Quote

A great quote from Charles Dickens. He was one of the greatest writers of all time, and this quote comes from his novel, "A Tale of Two Cities". The quote is about how time slowly wears down everything we do and build and pass us by, but we're always able to look back and see the beauty of our past.

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