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Time Quotes by Jeanette Winterson
- The secret of the world is this: the world is entirely circular and you will go round and round endlessly, never finding what you want,…
- Of course that is not the whole story, but that is the way with stories; we make them what we will. It's a way of…
- Freud, one of the grand masters of narrative, knew that the past is not fixed in the way that linear time suggests. We can return.…
- I think every work of art is an act of faith, or we wouldn't bother to do it. It is a message in a bottle,…
- When it is time to get to work, I go away completely and don't do anything except the work. And that can be 16 hours…
- The work that lasts over time is the work which still speaks to us when all contemporary interest in that work is extinct.
- You never give away your heart; you lend it from time to time. If it were not so, how could we take it back without…
- You were in my arms for the first time, and you said my name, 'Tristan.' I answered you: 'Isolde.' Isolde. The world became a word.
- I have a theory that every time you make an important choice, the part of you left behind continues the other life you could have…
- There are many forms of love and affection, some people can spend their whole lives together without knowing each other's names. Naming is a difficult…
- The body shuts down when it has too much to bear; goes its own way quietly inside, waiting for a better time, leaving you numb…
- Time that withers you will wither me. We will fall like ripe fruit and roll down the grass together. Dear friend, let me lie beside…
- Love, they say, enslaves and passion is a demon and many have been lost for love. I know this is true, but I know too…
- What is it that you contain? The dead. Time. Light patterns of millennia opening in your gut. Every minute, in each of you, a few…
- Earth is ancient now, but all knowledge is stored up in her. She keeps a record of everything that has happened since time began. Of…
- Whoever it is you fall in love with for the first time, not just love but be in love with, is the one who will…
- I knew it like destiny, and at the same time, I knew it as choice.
- I have set off and found that there is no end to even the simplest journey of the mind. I begin, and straight away a…
- What it means to be human is to bring up your children in safety, educate them, keep them healthy, teach them how to care for…
- It's hard to remember that this day will never come again. That the time is now and the place is here and that there are…
- Lovers are not at their best when it matters. Mouths dry up, palms sweat, conversation flags and all the time the heart is threatening to…
- Time is a player. Time is part of today, not simply a measure of its passing.
- Two things significantly distinguish human beings from the other animals; an interest in the past and the possibility of language. Brought together they make a…
- The future is foretold from the past and the future is only possible because of the past. Without past and future, the present is partial.…
- Thinking about time is to acknowledge two contradictory certainties: that our outward lives are governed by the seasons and the clock; that our inward lives…
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- No punishment has ever possessed enough power of deterrence to prevent the commission of crimes. On the contrary, whatever the punishment, once… — Hannah Arendt
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- The first time Haiti had free and fair democratic elections was 1990, when I was elected. — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- Anybody can become angry - that is easy, but to be angry with the right person and to the right degree and… — Aristotle
- I feel like obviously the standard for what TV looks like changes all the time. — J. J. Abrams
- For one swallow does not make a summer, nor does one day; and so too one day, or a short time, does… — Aristotle
- The young are permanently in a state resembling intoxication. — Aristotle
- We praise a man who feels angry on the right grounds and against the right persons and also in the right manner… — Aristotle
- But if nothing but soul, or in soul mind, is qualified to count, it is impossible for there to be time unless… — Aristotle
- Whether if soul did not exist time would exist or not, is a question that may fairly be asked; for if there… — Aristotle
- I design for real people. I think of our customers all the time. There is no virtue whatsoever in creating clothing or… — Giorgio Armani
- I love things that age well - things that don't date, that stand the test of time and that become living examples… — Giorgio Armani