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Anatole Broyard

"There was a time when we expected nothing of our children but obedience, as opposed to the present, when we expect everything of them but obedience."

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"There was a time when we expected nothing of our children but obedience, as opposed to the present, when we expect everything of them but obedience."

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"Each second of every time has its own story and history to be filed."

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"Time is standing still, but we are running away from it and complaining that time is slipping away from us."

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"Time is the sole photographer of all the times, from the Big Bang till the possible Big Crunch!"

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