No life goes past so swiftly as an eventless one, no clock spins like …

Wallace Stegner
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No life goes past so swiftly as an eventless one, no clock spins like a clock whose days are all alike. ✨ Wallace Stegner (1971). Angle of Repose, Penguin Group USA
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No life goes past so swiftly as an eventless one, no clock spins like a clock whose days are all alike. ✨ Wallace Stegner (1971). Angle of Repose, Penguin Group USA

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