"Time is not a great healer. It is an indifferent and perfunctory one. Sometimes it does not heal at all. And sometimes when it seems to, no healing has been necessary."

Time, Healing

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"Time is not a great healer. It is an indifferent and perfunctory one. Sometimes it does not heal at all. And sometimes when it seems to, no healing has been necessary."

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Lao Tzu, Chinese Philosopher

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Margaret Atwood, Canadian Novelist

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"So do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us."

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