Wednesday, September 21, 2022

Removing wrinkles

At times it seems to me that I am living my life backwards,
and that at the approach of old age my real youth will begin.
My soul was born covered with wrinkles—
wrinkles my ancestors and parents most assiduously put there
and that I had the greatest trouble removing.

                            Andre Gide, An Unprejudiced Mind

 

 

 

 

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