They talked business for half an hour. (Centuries passed…

Might and right do differ frightfully from hour to hour, but then centuries to try it in, they are found to be identical.

— Thomas Carlyle

“Centuries had passed since the dawn of science, yet men offer riches in the name of God.”

— Vinod Varghese Antony

“When ye've lived as long as I have, ye realize how relative time is. I've endured centuries that passed in the blink of an…

— Kerrelyn Sparks

There was an ape in the days that were earlier, Centuries passed and his hair became curlier; Centuries more gave a thumb to his…

— Mortimer Collins

“His lines had been honed over centuries, passed down through generations, for poor people needed certain lines; the script was always the same, and…

— Kiran Desai

“The old woman’s voice echoed through his mind, like she’d been lurking in the shadows as the centuries passed, just waiting. ‘A woman with…

— Lisa Kessler

“Perhaps the rest of the world was gone. It was the most plausible answer. Heaven knows she couldn’t see or think of anyone else.…

— Aleatha Romig

For several centuries what has passed for song in literary circles was any text that looked like the lyrics for a commonplace melodic setting.

— David Antin

The centuries last passed have also given the taste important extension; the discovery of sugar, and its different preparations, of alcoholic liquors, of wine,…

— Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin

I’m giving you that chance now. (Stryker) It’s too late. Too many centuries have passed. There was a time when I lived only to…

— Sherrilyn Kenyon

“Right in the centre was a tall bell tower of white stone, from which long ago some princess had leapt onto the stones below,…

— Victor Pelevin

“Time and space flowed around me in never-ending circles. I delighted in each moment of day or year. I dreamt through centuries yet focused…

— Tonia Parronchi

“It was sometimes said that the grey-and-black mountain range which ran like a spine north to south down that part of Faerie had once…

— Neil Gaiman

Getting started as a volunteer anywhere can be a challenge to a lot of people. The biggest hurdle is that people think they have…

— Jackie Joyner-Kersee

I'm always exhausted after a show, even if it's just half an hour.

— Tove Lo