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If you have to wait for a long time, you have to seize hold of the waiting or it will become destructive. If you let things slide, your consciousness will waver, awakening fear and restlessness, then depression strikes, and you're pulled down.
If you have to wait for a long time, you have to seize hold of the waiting or it will become destructive. If you let things slide, your consciousness will waver, awakening fear and restlessness, then depression strikes, and you're pulled down.
Approximate author period: c. 1988 AD · modern
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- Peter Høeg
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- Approximate author period: c. 1988 AD · modern
Approximate author-period evidence for Peter Høeg: documented activity in 1988. Wikidata Q337384, inspected 2026-10-08. Not a quotation composition date or independent verification of attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q337384 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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