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So of course time is necessary. But nevertheless damn painful, for it transforms all the pieces of your life - joy and sorrow, youth and age, love and hate, terror and bliss - from fire into smoke rising up the air and dissipating on a breeze.
So of course time is necessary. But nevertheless damn painful, for it transforms all the pieces of your life - joy and sorrow, youth and age, love and hate, terror and bliss - from fire into smoke rising up the air and dissipating on a breeze.
Approximate author period: c. 1950 AD · modern
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- Charles Frazier
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- Approximate author period: c. 1950 AD · modern
Approximate author-period evidence for Charles Frazier: documented birth year 1950; activity date not established. Wikidata Q1064454, inspected 2026-10-08. Not a quotation composition date or independent verification of attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1064454 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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