Quotes About Time

I understood we used to be close. But they were like books i'd read two summer ago; I knew I'd liked them, but I couldn't tell you now what they'd been about.

Life is short. You've got to take what you can while you can.

We don't always love our friends every minute.

I will never forget that moments, or the moments that came after

I hear Jamaica is beautiful this time of year. Too bad the four of you can't EVER go back there. Missed you! –A

Aria smiled shyly. "How long are you staying?" "How long do you want me to stay?" Forever, Aria wanted to say.

I guess anything's possible. But maybe I'm just being silly. There's time to keep hope alive and a time to let go.

Life is short. You've got to take what you can while you can.

If you've been hurt and you've grieved and you've been through the mill, it takes a long time to get over it.

It had occurred to her many times that on board it didn't matter where you were coming from or where you were heading. Each voyage had its own charisma. Like writing a book – word by word – or crossing a country – step by step – each minute had to be lived moment by moment.

Kindness was too painful. It had been a long time since he had had to endure it.

Change occurs slowly. Very often a legal change might take place but the cultural shift required to really accept its spirit lingers in the wings for decades.

It was nearly ten years since the peace though her memories of the war still felt fresh.

Parts of my 20s and 30s have gone by in a flash but my childhood is with me all the time.

They march into the future to the rhythm of the past.

If peace came it would have to do so when there had been time to allow the hatred to grow out of people's thinking.

The best historical stories capture the modern imagination because they are, in many senses, still current - part of a continuum.

Writing is such a solitary occupation that it takes a long time to build up a group of professional peers with whom you genuinely identify.

I jealously guard my research time and I love fully immersing myself in those dusty old books and papers. It's one of the most enjoyable parts of my job.

My fascination with history is as much about the present as it is about the past.

When I can look life in the eyes, grown calm and very coldly wise, life will have given me the truth, and taken in exchange - my youth.

When I can look Life in the eyes, Grown calm and very coldly wise, Life will have given me the Truth, And taken in exchange — my youth.

It is strange how often a heart must be broken Before the years can make it wise.

There Will Be Stars There will be stars over the place forever; Though the house we loved and the street we loved are lost, Every time the earth circles her orbit On the night the autumn equinox is crossed, Two stars we knew, poised on the peak of midnight Will reach their zenith; stillness will be deep; There will be stars over the place forever, There will be stars forever, while we sleep.