“Five weeks in the hospital fled as if down a sinkhole into the middle of the earth. ... Can waiting by definition slow, flash by? ... Time becomes even more elastic than usual--minutes can stretch for ages and days suddenly… — Diane Ackerman Copy Share Image
“It is only that every day one grows a little, every day something is different, so that in the heaping up of days suddenly a thing that was impossible has become possible.” — Naomi Alderman Copy Share Image
![“Five weeks in the hospital fled as if down a sinkhole into the middle of the earth. ... Can waiting by definition slow, flash by? ... Time becomes even more elastic than usual--minutes can stretch for ages and days suddenly snap together. [p. 97]” quote by Diane Ackerman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/d7f/diane-ackerman-1035_illness_five-weeks-in-the-hospital-fled-as-if-do_1556268.jpg)
