--- title: "1 Time Took Quotes By K.J. Bishop" description: "1 Time Took quotes by K.J. Bishop. Plus more from K.J. Bishop and more Time Took sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d99/k-j-bishop-24289_fantasy_there-were-no-milestones-in-the-copper-c_3158910.jpg" --- > [“There were no milestones in the Copper Country. Often a traveler could only measure the progress of a journey by the time it took to get from each spoiled or broken thing to the next: a half-day’s walk from a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/k-j-bishop/there-were-no-milestones-in-the-copper-country-often-a-traveler-could/) [K.J. Bishop](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/k-j-bishop/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d99/k-j-bishop-24289_fantasy_there-were-no-milestones-in-the-copper-c_3158910.jpg) ## More by K.J. Bishop > [“She replied that the manual labour exercised her body while allowing her mind and spirit to rest, adding that she believed there was value…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/k-j-bishop/she-replied-that-the-manual-labour-exercised-her-body-while-allowing/) [K.J. Bishop](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/k-j-bishop/) > [“It occurred to Raule that all children were monsters in the world and were instinctively aware of it. They were reminded of their anomalous…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/k-j-bishop/it-occurred-to-raule-that-all-children-were-monsters-in-the-world-and/) [K.J. Bishop](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/k-j-bishop/) > [“In the end, having no compass for his desires, he yielded to his nature.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/k-j-bishop/in-the-end-having-no-compass-for-his-desires-he-yielded-to-his-nature/) [K.J. Bishop](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/k-j-bishop/) > [“Could your god and this infernal be called enemies, then?" "It is more complicated than that. God knew what was going to happen, of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/k-j-bishop/could-your-god-and-this-infernal-be-called-enemies-then-it-is-more/) [K.J. Bishop](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/k-j-bishop/) > [“The wisdom which is now conventional claims that light creates shadows. But the facts are otherwise. Darkness came first and is infinitely older and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/k-j-bishop/the-wisdom-which-is-now-conventional-claims-that-light-creates/) [K.J. Bishop](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/k-j-bishop/) > [“It's the world! What can you do?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/k-j-bishop/it-s-the-world-what-can-you-do/) [K.J. Bishop](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/k-j-bishop/) > [“He had acquired a reputation for possessing a noble character, and even for being something of a hero - or, at least, in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/k-j-bishop/he-had-acquired-a-reputation-for-possessing-a-noble-character-and/) [K.J. Bishop](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/k-j-bishop/) > [“Art is the conscious making of numinous phenomena. Many objects are just objects - inert, merely utilitarian. Many events are inconsequential, too banal to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/k-j-bishop/art-is-the-conscious-making-of-numinous-phenomena-many-objects-are/) [K.J. Bishop](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/k-j-bishop/) > [“Think of a potter taking a misshapen bowl from his wheel and pounding it back into the tub of clay. A soul suffers while…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/k-j-bishop/think-of-a-potter-taking-a-misshapen-bowl-from-his-wheel-and-pounding/) [K.J. Bishop](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/k-j-bishop/) > [“Somewhere there are gardens where peacocks sing like nightingales, somewhere there are caravans of separated lovers traveling to meet each other; there are ruby…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/k-j-bishop/somewhere-there-are-gardens-where-peacocks-sing-like-nightingales/) [K.J. Bishop](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/k-j-bishop/) > [“At that moment, he realised that he did not exist to her in the same way that he existed in his own perception. She…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/k-j-bishop/at-that-moment-he-realised-that-he-did-not-exist-to-her-in-the-same/) [K.J. Bishop](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/k-j-bishop/) > [“My soul longs for God, but a man is not just his soul, is he? Terrible to say, my clay lusts after the clay…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/k-j-bishop/my-soul-longs-for-god-but-a-man-is-not-just-his-soul-is-he-terrible/) [K.J. Bishop](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/k-j-bishop/) > [“You see yourself as something of a champion of the poor, don't you?" "No, just their doctor.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/k-j-bishop/you-see-yourself-as-something-of-a-champion-of-the-poor-don-t-you-no/) [K.J. Bishop](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/k-j-bishop/) > [“Your people are not unwise, after all: love of the perfect Deity may prevent us from loving imperfect man! But God's will is to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/k-j-bishop/your-people-are-not-unwise-after-all-love-of-the-perfect-deity-may/) [K.J. Bishop](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/k-j-bishop/) > [“Evil flourishes because the good aren't good enough," see murmured. "And sometimes the good just have bad days.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/k-j-bishop/evil-flourishes-because-the-good-aren-t-good-enough-see-murmured-and/) [K.J. Bishop](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/k-j-bishop/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/time-took/k-j-bishop/#itemlist", "name": "1 Time Took Quotes By K.J. 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