We drift down time, clutching at straws. But what good's a brick to a …

Tom Stoppard
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We drift down time, clutching at straws. But what good's a brick to a drowning man? ✨ Tom Stoppard (2007). Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, p.108, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
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We drift down time, clutching at straws. But what good's a brick to a drowning man? ✨ Tom Stoppard (2007). Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, p.108, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.

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