I hadn't understood how days could be both long and short at the same …

Albert Camus
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I hadn't understood how days could be both long and short at the same time: long to live through, maybe, but so drawn out that they ended up flowing into one another. They lost their names. Only 'yesterday' and 'tomorrow' still had any meaning for me. ✨ Albert Camus (2012). The Stranger, p.80, Vintage
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