It had come to him that no one would ever look from these eyes but he: that among all the lives, numerous beyond imagination, in which he might have … - Mary Renault

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It had come to him that no one would ever look from these eyes but he: that among all the lives, numerous beyond imagination, in which he might have lived, he was this one, pinned to this single point of infinity; the rest always to be alien, he to be I.