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Literature · Reflection

JEAN COCTEAU ~ MOMENT IN TIME

31 May 2011

Nothing ever gets anywhere. The earth keeps turning round and gets nowhere. The moment is the only thing that counts.

~Jean Cocteau, Professional Secrets, 1922

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