This is what I mean when I say I would like to swim against the stream of time: I would like to erase the consequences of certain events and restore … - Italo Calvino

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This is what I mean when I say I would like to swim against the stream of time: I would like to erase the consequences of certain events and restore an initial condition. But every moment of my life brings with it an accumulation of new facts, and each of these new facts bring with it consequences; so the more I seek to return to the zero moment from which I set out, the further I move away from it. . . .