Time has too much credit... It is not a great healer. It is an indifferent and perfunctory one. Sometimes it does not heal at all. And sometimes when it seems to, no healing has been necessary.

Ivy Compton-Burnett

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Topic

Effects of time Healing

Author

Ivy Compton-Burnett

Source

Darkness and Day

Medium

Novel

Language

English

Time

1951 1950s 20th century

Occupation

Novelist Writer

From

United Kingdom Europe

Authentication Score 1

Citation

Compton-Burnett, Ivy. Darkness and Day. David & Charles/Alfred A. Knopf, 1951, ch. 7.

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Time flies over us, but leaves its shadow behind.

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Source
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Time
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Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

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