Past, present and future are not amenities of language. Time unfolds into the seamsof being. It passes through you, making and shaping. (Don DeLillo)

Past, present and future are not amenities of language. Time unfolds into the seamsof being. It passes through you, making and shaping.

Don DeLillo

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