Time goes by so fast. Nothin' can outrun it. Death commences too early…

Tennessee Williams
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Time goes by so fast. Nothin' can outrun it. Death commences too early--almost before you're half-acquainted with life--you meet the other. ✨ Tennessee Williams (2004). Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, p.161, New Directions Publishing
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Time goes by so fast. Nothin' can outrun it. Death commences too early--almost before you're half-acquainted with life--you meet the other. ✨ Tennessee Williams (2004). Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, p.161, New Directions Publishing

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