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> [“Somehow everything always came down to time, she realized with perfect lucidity. There was either too much or too little. It either passed too quickly or too slowly. It didn’t belong to anyone—it was simply a gift, bestowed by God,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/r-w-patterson/somehow-everything-always-came-down-to-time-she-realized-with-perfect/)

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## More by R. W. Patterson

> [“She wanted to freeze the hands of time. Wanted to revisit, revise and rewrite the past…edit out the monsters hell-bent on taking the lives…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/r-w-patterson/she-wanted-to-freeze-the-hands-of-time-wanted-to-revisit-revise-and/)

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> [“Inside, a deep-rooted force raged, buried in her psyche from eons before, percolating with a primordial awakening that had been long forgotten, until now.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/r-w-patterson/inside-a-deep-rooted-force-raged-buried-in-her-psyche-from-eons/)

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> [“Somehow everything always came down to time, she realized with perfect lucidity. There was either too much or too little. It either passed too…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/r-w-patterson/somehow-everything-always-came-down-to-time-she-realized-with-perfect/)

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> [“He retrieved the words from somewhere long forgotten. They floated through the foggy recesses of his mind, plucked from the dark and released into…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/r-w-patterson/he-retrieved-the-words-from-somewhere-long-forgotten-they-floated/)

[R. W. Patterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/r-w-patterson/)

> [“You want to show me your wrath? You want to hurt me, so show me. We can take this to the bedroom if you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/r-w-patterson/you-want-to-show-me-your-wrath-you-want-to-hurt-me-so-show-me-we-can/)

[R. W. Patterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/r-w-patterson/)

> [“Grief—in all of its agony—burrowed deep into her essence, its serrated edges killing her piece by piece.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/r-w-patterson/grief-in-all-of-its-agony-burrowed-deep-into-her-essence-its-serrated/)

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