“Only a moment; a moment of strength, of romance, of glamour — of youth!… A flick of sunshine upon a strange shore, the time to remember, the time for a sigh, and — goodbye!”

—  Joseph Conrad

Night — Goodbye! <br class="br"> Youth, A Narrative http://www.gutenberg.org/files/525/525.txt (1902)

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