Thus the time passed. Toby stopped counting it. In any case… - Margaret Atwood

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Thus the time passed. Toby stopped counting it. In any case, time is not a thing that passes, said Pilar: it’s a sea on which you float.

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Margaret Eleanor Atwood (born 18 November 1939) is a Canadian novelist, poet, and literary critic.

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time is not a thing that passes, said Pilar: it’s a sea on which you float.

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Thus the time passed. Toby stopped counting it. In any case, time is not a thing that passes, said Pilar: it’s a sea on which you float. - Margaret Atwood

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