Signs of Life (or, a world of paradox and contradiction)

It is the best of times, it is worst of times,
the age of wisdom, the age of foolishness,
it's the epoch of belief, it's the epoch of incredulity,
the season of light, the season of darkness....
the spirit of hope, the winter of despair.
we have everything before us, we have nothing before us,
we are all going direct to heaven, we are all going direct the other way.
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“It is a far, far better thing that i do, than i have ever done; it is a far, far better dream that I sleep to, than i have ever known.”

with all due respect and humble apologies to mr.dickens