Time Quotes
We all get the same 24 hours. These quotes explore what we do with them and why it matters.
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"The evening has come to pass almost before one has noticed."Stevens
"One cannot simply turn back the clock."Stevens
"It seems such a short time has elapsed."Stevens
"It goes a long way back, some twenty years."The Invisible Man (Narrator)
"Every period of my life seemed to have its own special meaning."The Invisible Man (Narrator)
"The dance does not pause. It continues on."Judge Holden
"I've lost so much to time already."Kathy H.
"The day stretches ahead, moment by moment."Offred
"The past is a ghost, the future a dream, and all we ever have is now."Jean Valjean
"I recognize the corners of this room"Offred
"We lived like that before and we lived like this after"Offred
"Childhood is the kingdom where nobody dies."The Narrator (omniscient)
"The past has a way of intruding upon the present."The Narrator (omniscient)
"Time moves differently for those who suffer."The Narrator (omniscient)
"The past corrodes the present like rust corrupts metal."The Narrator (omniscient)
"It's hard to imagine now, how we lived then."Offred
"What I need is distance, or time, or both."Offred
"The past is a monster. Or a flower. Depending on the light."The Narrator (omniscient)
"Memory is a monster. It distorts and arranges and redesigns."The Narrator (omniscient)
"The past has a way of catching up with us."The Narrator (omniscient)
"Time stops for no one, but it can feel like it does."The Narrator (omniscient)
"There's no such thing as a return. The body is not a door."Offred
"The past is a dim lamp, its halo of light barely extending beyond its own flame."Offred
"The past was like a living thing, solid and unmovable."Gabriel García Márquez (Narrator)
"There is no past that does not return."Gabriel García Márquez (Narrator)
"She had exhausted all her years in that single instant."Gabriel García Márquez (Narrator)
"The difference between you and me is that you think there is still time."Mariam
"The trouble with the past is that it keeps intruding"Offred
"The past is just another country and they do things differently there"The Narrator (omniscient)
"She was not old. She was ancient."The Narrator (omniscient)