Time present and time past
Are both perhaps present in time future
And time future contained in time past
If all time is eternally present
All time is unredeemable.

El temps present i el temps passat potser són, tots dos, presents en el temps futur;
i el temps futur, contingut en el temps passat.
Si tot temps és eternament present,
tot temps és irredimible.

T. S. ELLIOT,
Four quartets. Burnt Norton