because human lives are composed in precisely such a fashion. They are composed like music

“Só o acaso pode nos parecer uma mensagem. Aquilo que acontece por necessidade, …”

“Such are the Splendors and Miseries of memory: it is proud of its ability to ke…”

“Na frente estava a mentira inteligível, e atrás a incompreensível verdade.”

“We don't know when our name came into being or how some distant ancestor acquir…”