The future is what matters — because one never reaches it, but always …

Sylvia Plath
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The future is what matters — because one never reaches it, but always stays in the present — like the White Queen who had to run like the wind to remain in the same spot. ✨ Sylvia Plath (2007). The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath, p.24, Anchor
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