2:30:02
Just like that? ln one stroke?
2:30:05
At least we can hope now.
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- How old are you?
- Fifty two.
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Have you been here long?
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You must have read my background
papers.
2:30:29
After so many years
on the station,
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do you still feel as clearly your
link with the life down below?
2:30:40
l suppose next you'll want to know
what life's all about, eh?
2:30:46
Please, let's not be ironical.
2:30:49
When a man is happy,
the meaning of life
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and other themes of eternity
rarely interest him.
2:31:01
These questions should be asked
at the end of one's life.
2:31:09
We don't know when our life will end,
that's why we're in a hurry.
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The happiest people are those
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who never bother asking
those cursed questions.
2:31:22
We question life
to seek out some meaning.
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Yet to preserve all the simple
human truths we need mysteries.
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The mystery of happiness, death,
love.
2:31:34
You may be right.
But try not to think about it.
2:31:39
To think about it is the same
as to know the day of one's death.
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Not knowing that date
makes us practically immortal.
2:31:54
Well, anyway, my mission is finished.