Time’s violence rends the soul; by the rent eternity enters.
—Simone Weil, 1947
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Those who make the worst use of their time are the first to complain of its brevity.
—Jean de La Bruyère, 1688Scars have the strange power to remind us that our past is real.
—Cormac McCarthy, 1992Do not lessen the time of following desire, for the wasting of time is an abomination to the spirit.
—Ptahhotep, c. 2350 BCThe past is always tense and the future, perfect.
—Zadie Smith, 2000