Time present and time past Are both perhaps present in time future, An…

T. S. Eliot
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Time present and time past Are both perhaps present in time future, And time future contained in time past. If all time is eternally present All time is unredeemable. ✨ Four Quartets Burnt Norton pt. 1 (1936)
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