“In truth, how much time do any of us really have?”
Lurlene McDaniel (1944) American writer
Source: Telling Christina Goodbye
“How little our careers express what lies in us, and yet how much time they take up. It's sad, really.”
Source: Philip Larkin: Letters to Monica
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Context: Between nations, where the consequences are vital, where the destiny of countries and provinces hangs in the balance, the lives and fortunes of millions are affected and civilization itself is menaced, the most upright men honestly believe that there is no depth of duplicity to which they may not legitimately stoop. They have got to do it. The thing cannot go on without the help of lies.
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