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“I shut my eyes and thought about time. In the past… there was literally an inexhaustible amount of time. Like a huge reservoir, filled to the very brim… But now was different. Time, I knew, was limited. And as I aged, considering time had even greater implications. Time, no matter what, ticked away, ceaselessly.”

“‘… I have the strong, vivid memories of having loved someone with all my heart. A feeling that seeped into the palms of my hands and still remains. Whether you have that warmth or not makes all the difference in the way your soul remains after death.’”