Now is a bearable burden. What buckles the back is the added weight of the past's mistakes and the future's fears.
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The Big Time by Fritz Leiber
Nations are as equal as so many madmen or drunkards.
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The Big Time by Fritz Leiber
Sometimes I wonder if our memories are as good as we think they are and if the whole past wasn't once entirely different from anything we remember, and we've forgotten that we forgot.
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The Big Time by Fritz Leiber
Of course, if you assume a big enough conspiracy, you can explain anything, including the cosmos itself.
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The Big Time by Fritz Leiber
"Poets are wiser than anyone because they're the only people who have the guts to think and feel at the same time."
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The Big Time by Fritz Leiber