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I hoped our lives would continue this way forever, but inevitably the past came knocking. Not the good kind that was collectible but the bad kind that had arthritis.

I hoped our lives would continue this way forever, but inevitably the past came knocking. Not the good kind that was collectible but the bad kind that had arthritis.

Approximate author period: c. 1956 AD · modern

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David Sedaris
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Approximate author period: c. 1956 AD · modern
Approximate author-period anchor from documented birth year 1956; activity date not established; Wikidata Q1176577, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1176577 (accessed 2026-10-08). Not a quotation composition date.
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