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We were too greedy, grasping for immortality too soon. Perhaps if we had only been patient, content to wait, we would all have forever in the end.
We were too greedy, grasping for immortality too soon. Perhaps if we had only been patient, content to wait, we would all have forever in the end.
Approximate author period: c. 1990 AD · modern
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- Jessica Khoury
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- Approximate author period: c. 1990 AD · modern
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