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Time marches on and sooner or later you realize it is marchin' across your face.
— Truvy · Steel Magnolias
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An editorial interpretation.
This is a wry observation about aging, comparing the passage of time to a slow-moving force eventually trampling straight over someone's face. It's a humorous, slightly morbid way of saying wrinkles and years catch up with everyone eventually, no matter how gradually they arrive.
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