I have a vast collection of evocative quotes about time, which I have to consciously resist using in this cop-out way. Pro-tip If a quote, especially an opening quote, isn’t a prelude to a clearer, less poetic idea in the same spirit, don’t use it. It’s a crutch.
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what's an example of a hard idea (or maybe an idea that was once hard)
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“Time is nature’s way of making sure everything doesn’t happen at once” — physicist J. A. Wheeler in a 1990 paper on time, quoting Ray Cummings, 1920s scifi author. Quote points to a real, tough idea in physics, which you could skirt with the quote in a pop essay.
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In science one tries to tell people, in such a way as to be understood by everyone, something that no one ever knew before. But in poetry, it's the exact opposite. Paul Dirac
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What are you gesturing at with that quote?

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Sounds like a midbrow version of what slobs like me like to call gifs
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