You get towards the end of life - no, not life itself, but of somethin…

Julian Barnes
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You get towards the end of life - no, not life itself, but of something else: the end of any likelihood of change in that life. You are allowed a long moment of pause, time enough to ask the question: what else have I done wrong? ✨ Julian Barnes (2011). The Sense of an Ending, p.149, Random House
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