--- title: "13 Passage Time Quotes by 13 authors" description: "Browse 13 Passage Time quotes by 13 authors. Discover the best Passage Time sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aa9/tim-lebbon-11282_passage-of-time_perhaps-with-age-came-a-more-sedate-appr_1238485.jpg" --- > [“Perhaps with age came a more sedate appreciation of the passage of time.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-lebbon/perhaps-with-age-came-a-more-sedate-appreciation-of-the-passage-of/) [Tim Lebbon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-lebbon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aa9/tim-lebbon-11282_passage-of-time_perhaps-with-age-came-a-more-sedate-appr_1238485.jpg) > [“The passage of time makes wizards of us all.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rob-reid/the-passage-of-time-makes-wizards-of-us-all/) [Rob Reid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rob-reid/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c1d/rob-reid-39253_passage-of-time_the-passage-of-time-makes-wizards-of-us_528496.jpg) > [“So there is a before and there is an after. That isn't made up. But it's just a passage of time, no…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/olivia-sudjic/so-there-is-a-before-and-there-is-an-after-that-isn-t-made-up-but-it/) [Olivia Sudjic](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/olivia-sudjic/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3a0/olivia-sudjic-5411_before-and-after_so-there-is-a-before-and-there-is-an-aft_2052158.jpg) > [The passage of time is a continuing thing. At 18, you're going to live forever, and you are definitely not at 52,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-hammill/the-passage-of-time-is-a-continuing-thing-at-18-you-re-going-to-live/) [Peter Hammill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-hammill/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c80/peter-hammill-26262_continuing_the-passage-of-time-is-a-continuing-thin_1233012.png) > [In retirement, the passage of time seems accelerated. Nothing warns us of its flight. It is a wave which never murmurs, because…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sophie-swetchine/in-retirement-the-passage-of-time-seems-accelerated-nothing-warns-us/) [Sophie Swetchine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sophie-swetchine/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4e6/sophie-swetchine-3738_flight_in-retirement-the-passage-of-time-seems_1818877.png) > [What is hardest to accept about the passage of time is that the people who once mattered the most to us wind…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-irving/what-is-hardest-to-accept-about-the-passage-of-time-is-that-the/) [John Irving](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-irving/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c6d/john-irving-337_accepting_what-is-hardest-to-accept-about-the-pass_770230.png) > [One thing the passage of time has shown me is that you never know how you'll behave in a situation until you're…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christine-sneed/one-thing-the-passage-of-time-has-shown-me-is-that-you-never-know-how/) [Christine Sneed](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christine-sneed/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ffa/christine-sneed-32764_behave_one-thing-the-passage-of-time-has-shown_2494084.jpg) > [A lot of my works deal with a passage, which is about time. I don't see anything that I do as a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maya-lin/a-lot-of-my-works-deal-with-a-passage-which-is-about-time-i-don-t-see/) [Maya Lin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maya-lin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0db/maya-lin-8428_journey_a-lot-of-my-works-deal-with-a-passage-wh_1899670.jpg) > [I'm not sure if the passage of time affects our core identities so much as reveals them to us.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jennifer-egan/i-m-not-sure-if-the-passage-of-time-affects-our-core-identities-so/) [Jennifer Egan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jennifer-egan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e48/jennifer-egan-825_core_i-m-not-sure-if-the-passage-of-time-affe_2795557.jpg) > [I'm afraid that the passage of time is mostly lost on me. If you were to open up my head you would…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wallace-shawn/i-m-afraid-that-the-passage-of-time-is-mostly-lost-on-me-if-you-were/) [Wallace Shawn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wallace-shawn/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9cf/wallace-shawn-7437_about_i-m-afraid-that-the-passage-of-time-is-m_3227587.jpg) > [The passage of time eliminates some of the more intimate details of one's existence. The routine trivia like passing water and shitting…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-davies/the-passage-of-time-eliminates-some-of-the-more-intimate-details-of/) [Ray Davies](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-davies/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ac9/ray-davies-3711_alcohol_the-passage-of-time-eliminates-some-of-t_2059320.jpg) > [Passage of time can be mind-numbing to figure out in a screenplay. It's the easiest thing to do in prose, not just…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-boal/passage-of-time-can-be-mind-numbing-to-figure-out-in-a-screenplay-it/) [Mark Boal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-boal/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9a8/mark-boal-27861_easiest_passage-of-time-can-be-mind-numbing-to-f_1459910.png) > [You are confronted with abysses of time that are, in a way, unfathomable. You see a painting in charcoal of raindeer and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/werner-herzog/you-are-confronted-with-abysses-of-time-that-are-in-a-way/) [Werner Herzog](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/werner-herzog/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b6a/werner-herzog-964_abyss_you-are-confronted-with-abysses-of-time_2427685.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/passage-time/#itemlist", "name": "Passage Time Quotes", "numberOfItems": 13, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Perhaps with age came a more sedate appreciation of the passage of time.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Tim Lebbon" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-lebbon/perhaps-with-age-came-a-more-sedate-appreciation-of-the-passage-of/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aa9/tim-lebbon-11282_passage-of-time_perhaps-with-age-came-a-more-sedate-appr_1238485.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aa9/tim-lebbon-11282_passage-of-time_perhaps-with-age-came-a-more-sedate-appr_1238485.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aa9/tim-lebbon-11282_passage-of-time_perhaps-with-age-came-a-more-sedate-appr_1238485.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Perhaps with age came a more sedate appreciation of the passage of time.” — Tim Lebbon", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“The passage of time makes wizards of us all.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Rob Reid" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rob-reid/the-passage-of-time-makes-wizards-of-us-all/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c1d/rob-reid-39253_passage-of-time_the-passage-of-time-makes-wizards-of-us_528496.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c1d/rob-reid-39253_passage-of-time_the-passage-of-time-makes-wizards-of-us_528496.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c1d/rob-reid-39253_passage-of-time_the-passage-of-time-makes-wizards-of-us_528496.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The passage of time makes wizards of us all.” — Rob Reid", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“So there is a before and there is an after. 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