Suffering is one very long moment. We cannot divide it by seasons. We …

Oscar Wilde
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Suffering is one very long moment. We cannot divide it by seasons. We can only record its moods, and chronicle their return. With us time itself does not progress. It revolves. It seems to circle round one center of pain. ✨ Oscar Wilde (1961). Works: Edited with an Introduction
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