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Events, once happened, lose reality, alter with a glance, a storm, a night. In time, the past never happened. But who could know? Who could know that the past is not as solid as this instant.
Alan Lightman
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Alan Lightman
Age: 75
Born: 1948
Born: November 28
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Alan Paige Lightman
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