Isnt it complicated to be human, though? she said. Animals seem to give up their lives so naturallyAnd after all, I grew up, I married John, I had Debby. So knowing, being able to understand and forecast and even predict an approximate date, shouldnt make any difference. I guess consciousness makes individuals of us, and as individuals we lose the old acceptance The one thing, Marian said in a voice that went suddenly small and tight, the thing I can hardly bear sometimes is that I wont ever see her grow up. Shell have to do it without whatever I could have given her. Time, too, time and everything that one could do in it, and the chance of wasting or losing or never even realizing it. Its so important to us because we see it so close. Were individuals, were full of ourselves, and so were bad historians. We get crazy and anxious because all of sudden theres so little time left to be loving and generous as we wish wed always been and always intended to bedo you suppose I feel the shortness of time because I want to experience everything and feel everything that the race has ever felt? Because theres so much to feel and Im greedy?
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