It was involvement that put you into time, perhaps.

“Everybody was dying, or already dead, or leaving other people, and the year was…”

“The world was full of people struggling along with heavy suitcases, poor men da…”

“Fear is always with us: that we are not good enough or strong enough, and so wi…”

“It's been a great gig. In this roistering life there a multitude of partings an…”