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All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.
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"Books: a beautifully browsable invention that needs no electricity and exists in a readable form no matter what happens."
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She was ready to deny the existence of space and time rather than admit that love might not be eternal.
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(and one that's on my mind a lot lately)
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