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...a world where a sparrow's fate and that of a man can be decided in the blink of a cat's eye, such is the true measure of time.

…a world where a sparrow’s fate and that of a man can be decided in the blink of a cat’s eye, such is the true measure of time.
– Abraham Verghese

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