Who can make a medicine against time?
Meaning
A character in Anderson's 1989 novel about people who live for thousands of years asks this, admitting that aging has no cure. The question invites acceptance of limits. Rather than chasing endless productivity, decide what deserves your finite energy this week and let the rest go.
Source: The Boat of a Million Years (1989)
About the author
Poul Anderson (1926–2001) was an American science fiction and fantasy author, known for Tau Zero, The Broken Sword and the Time Patrol stories.
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