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"The years had a way of piling themselves one atop the next, unnoticed and uncounted; that was how young men turned into old ones."

— Keith Roberts

Literature1935–2000

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"Every day the bucket a-go a well, one day the bottom a-go drop out."

— Bob Marley

Music1945–1981

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"Lord Jesus Christ, our foolish minds are weak; they are more than willing to be drawn—and there is so much that wants to draw us to itself. There is pleasure with its seductive power, the multiplicity…"

— Søren Kierkegaard

Philosophy1813–1855

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