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Old 02-14-2013, 06:03 AM   #1
DanaC
We have to go back, Kate!
 
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Originally Posted by Sundae View Post
Dog Days

'When you stop to consider
The days spent dreaming of a future
And say then, that was my life.'

For the days are long --
From the first milk van
To the last shout in the night,
An eternity. But the weeks go by
Like birds; and the years, the years
Fly past anti-clockwise
Like clock hands in a bar mirror.


Derek Mahon

Also Charlie in TLoG "I've lost whole years, Tony!"
Not as commonly quoted, I admit.

Ach....lovely.
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