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The tragedy of this world is that no one is happy, whether stuck in atime of pain or of joy. The tragedy of this world is that everyone is alone. For a life in the past cannot be shared with the present. Each person who

The tragedy of this world is that no one is happy, whether stuck in atime of pain or of joy. The tragedy of this world is that everyone is alone. For a life in the past cannot be shared with the present. Each person who gets stuck in time gets stuck alone.

Alan Lightman
Pain, Past, Joy
Alan Lightman (2011). “Einstein's Dreams”, p.42, Vintage

The tragedy of this world is that no one is happy, whether stuck in a time of pain or joy.

Alan Lightman
Happiness, Pain, Joy
Alan Lightman (2011). “Einstein's Dreams”, p.42, Vintage

Children grow rapidly, forget the centuries-long embrace from their parents, which to them lasted but seconds. Children become adults, live far from their parents, live their own houses, learn ways of their own, suffer pain, grow old. Children curse their parents for their wrinkled skin and hoarse voices. Those now old children also want to stop time, but at another time. They want to freeze their own children at the center of time.

Alan Lightman
Pain, Children, Voice

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