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They say time is a fire in which we burn; right now I’m running out of time.
— Star Trek: Generations • 1994
Behind the line
What it means
Our interpretation.
The speaker cites a saying that time is a fire in which people burn, then admits that, right now, they are short of time. A grand image of life as slow burning becomes an urgent, personal statement of dwindling time.
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