Clifford D. Simak book Time is the Simplest Thing
Source: Time is the Simplest Thing (1961), Chapter 5 (p. 26)
“Beginning with Santa in infancy, and ending with the Tooth Fairy as the child acquires adult teeth. Or, plainly put, beginning with all the possibility of childhood, and ending with an absolute trust in the national currency.”
— Chuck Palahniuk, book Rant
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