“There's a difference between loss and lack. I suppose it's like—well, imagine a train streaming down a track. The freight's disappeared from one of the cars. A car that's empty inside—that's loss. When the whole car itself has vanished, that's lack.”
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“You wait for the right moment, and it will come to you. You need confidence that you will…”
“No matter how far you travel, you can never get away from yourself.”
“Time weighs down on you like an old, ambiguous dream. You keep on moving, trying to slip…”
“If you remember me, then I don't care if everyone else forgets.”