time heals every wound

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   Alternative form of time heals all wounds.

   • Do you say, Time heals every wound? Ay, time heals the wounds of time by slaying eternity. He vampeth up a kind of endurance of threescore and ten years by the death of ages and ages. That is the cure of time.
   • Early on, when Maggie says time heals every wound, Mama replies, "I suppose -- if you live long enough." At the end, as anguish reveals how fragile Buddy and Maggie both are, the old woman's quiet compassion turns to steel.
   • Time heals every wound – that's still the best solution.' 'We don't have much time. Maybe twenty years if all goes well.' 'You're always so dramatic!' Marianne took several deep breaths. 'Forget it. I'll tell you what I want.

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