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But here’s the thing. Horace didn’t say that....

“But here’s the thing. Horace didn’t say that. “Carpe diem” doesn’t mean seize the day—it means something gentler and more sensible. “Carpe diem” means pluck the day.

— Nicholson Baker, The Anthologist (more on what he meant)

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