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I’ve been on a calendar, but never on time.

—Marilyn Monroe, 1962

Time’s ruins build eternity’s mansions.

—James Joyce, 1922

Time, when it is left to itself and no definite demands are made on it, cannot be trusted to move at any recognized pace. Usually it loiters, but just when one has come to count upon its slowness, it may suddenly break into a wild irrational gallop.

—Edith Wharton, 1905

Time’s violence rends the soul; by the rent eternity enters.

—Simone Weil, 1947

 Do not lessen the time of following desire, for the wasting of time is an abomination to the spirit.

—Ptahhotep, c. 2350 BC
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