Time Quotes

We all get the same 24 hours. These quotes explore what we do with them and why it matters.

20900 quotes

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"The evening has come to pass almost before one has noticed."
Stevens
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"One cannot simply turn back the clock."
Stevens
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"It seems such a short time has elapsed."
Stevens
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"It goes a long way back, some twenty years."
The Invisible Man (Narrator)
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"Every period of my life seemed to have its own special meaning."
The Invisible Man (Narrator)
J
"The dance does not pause. It continues on."
Judge Holden
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"I've lost so much to time already."
Kathy H.
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"The day stretches ahead, moment by moment."
Offred
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"The past is a ghost, the future a dream, and all we ever have is now."
Jean Valjean
O
"I recognize the corners of this room"
Offred
O
"We lived like that before and we lived like this after"
Offred
T
"Childhood is the kingdom where nobody dies."
The Narrator (omniscient)
T
"The past has a way of intruding upon the present."
The Narrator (omniscient)
T
"Time moves differently for those who suffer."
The Narrator (omniscient)
T
"The past corrodes the present like rust corrupts metal."
The Narrator (omniscient)
O
"It's hard to imagine now, how we lived then."
Offred
O
"What I need is distance, or time, or both."
Offred
T
"The past is a monster. Or a flower. Depending on the light."
The Narrator (omniscient)
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"Memory is a monster. It distorts and arranges and redesigns."
The Narrator (omniscient)
T
"The past has a way of catching up with us."
The Narrator (omniscient)
T
"Time stops for no one, but it can feel like it does."
The Narrator (omniscient)
O
"There's no such thing as a return. The body is not a door."
Offred
O
"The past is a dim lamp, its halo of light barely extending beyond its own flame."
Offred
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"The past was like a living thing, solid and unmovable."
Gabriel García Márquez (Narrator)
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"There is no past that does not return."
Gabriel García Márquez (Narrator)
G
"She had exhausted all her years in that single instant."
Gabriel García Márquez (Narrator)
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"The difference between you and me is that you think there is still time."
Mariam
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"The trouble with the past is that it keeps intruding"
Offred
T
"The past is just another country and they do things differently there"
The Narrator (omniscient)
T
"She was not old. She was ancient."
The Narrator (omniscient)