To divide one's life by years is of course to tumble into a trap set by
our own arithmetic. The calendar consents to carry on its dull
wall-existence by the arbitrary timetables we have drawn up in
consultation with those permanent commuters, Earth amd Sun. But we,
unlike trees, need grow no annual rings.
Clifton Fadiman
our own arithmetic. The calendar consents to carry on its dull
wall-existence by the arbitrary timetables we have drawn up in
consultation with those permanent commuters, Earth amd Sun. But we,
unlike trees, need grow no annual rings.
Clifton Fadiman
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