| Gary Jennings |
When those first Spaniards landed and asked,
"What is this place called"?
The inhabitants never having heard Spanish before,
quite naturally replied,
"Yectetán",
which means only,
"I do not understand you".
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Through all the years of my life since then,
I have been reminded of this or that time when I might have done such and such,
and did not,
and will never have the chance again.
Meanwhile,
the things I would prefer to remember persist in eluding me.
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Love and time,
those are the only two things in all the world and all of life that cannot be bought,
but only spent.
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The ueyquin ayquic is the age when a man begins to mutter to himself,
"Ayya - the hills never seemed so steep before".
Or - "My back never used to give me these twinges of pain".
Or - "I never found a gray hair in my head before now".
It means - "I've entered The Age of Never".
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