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65 years. Don't they go by in a blink?
— William Parrish · Meet Joe Black
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Our reading
An editorial interpretation.
A long span of life is measured against the speed of a blink. The question invites recognition of how different time can feel in memory from how it passes day by day. Its brevity mirrors the surprise of looking back and finding so much already gone.
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