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The defining characteristic of pessimists is that they tend to believe bad events will last a long time, will undermine everything they do, and are their own fault.
The poor perpetually sell their time cheaply, yet can never buy it back.
Friendship is a matter of time investment.
The novel is a protest against the irreversibility of time.
To write is to resist the erosion of time, to fight against oblivion.
