At times is it seems that I am living my life backward, and that at th…

Andre Gide
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At times is it seems that I am living my life backward, and that at the approach of old age my real youth will begin. My soul was born covered with wrinkles. Wrinkles my ancestors and parents most assiduously put there and that I had the greatest trouble removing. ✨ Andre Gide (2017). Pretexts: Reflections on Literature and Morality, p.286, Routledge
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