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Life is tragic simply because the earth turns and the sun inexorably rises and sets, and one day, for each of us, the sun will go down for the last, last time.

James A. Baldwin
One Day, Earth, Lasts
"Letter from a Region in My Mind" by James Baldwin, www.newyorker.com. November 17, 1962.
Life is tragic simply because the earth turns and the sun inexorably rises and sets, and one day, for each of us, the sun will go down for the last, last time.