It is said that it is the peculiar quality of time to conserve fact, and that it does so by rendering our… — Gene Wolfe
It is said that it is the peculiar quality of time to conserve fact, and that it does so by rendering our past falsehoods true. So it was with me. I had lied in saying that I loved the guild—that I desired nothing but to remain in its embrace. Now I found those lies become truths.
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