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The past can't now be altered, the future has yet to be lived, and consciously to experience every moment of the present is the only way to gain at least the illusion of immortality.
The past can't now be altered, the future has yet to be lived, and consciously to experience every moment of the present is the only way to gain at least the illusion of immortality.
Approximate author period: c. 1967 AD · modern
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- P.D. James
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- Approximate author period: c. 1967 AD · modern
Approximate author-period evidence for P. D. James: life dates 1920 to 2014. Wikidata Q270648, inspected 2026-10-08. Not a quotation composition date or independent verification of attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q270648 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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