Quotes About Time

Pronuncié su nombre, creo, y eso me traspasó: me quedé hueco como un bambú cortado para soplar por él. Nuestra respiración era el único indicio del transcurso del tiempo.

You have eked out ten more years of life, and I'm glad for you...You have made a fair run of blocking fate's path. But you cannot do it forever. The gods will not let you.

Some men gain glory after they die, while others fade. What is admired in one generation is abhorred in another." He spread his broad hands. "We cannot say who will survive the holocaust of memory.

I spent 10 years of my life gambling, they always hated that and tried to stop me. I never defended myself, you know me well, I never defend my actions because I know that time heals what reason cannot. And here we are, they finally understand why gambling is so fun. Thanks, Achilles.

I think; This is what I will miss. I think: I will kill myself rather than miss it. I think: How long do we have?

those things that steady a man. They were unmarried when they left. They had no children. They had no years of lean harvest, when they must scrape the bottom of their stores, and no good years either, that they might learn to save. They have not seen their parents grow old and begin to fail. They have not seen them die. I fear I have robbed them not only of their youth but their age as well.

En los cuentos, los dioses tienen el poder de demorar el curso de la luna a su voluntad para que una noche tenga la duración de varias. Así fue aquella noche, había una lluvia de horas que jamás parecía acabar, y nosotros las bebimos con ansia, sedientos después de todas las semanas que habíamos estado separados.

But even I could not fill each minute with fear. I have heard that men who live by a waterfall cease to hear it—in such a way did I learn to live beside the rushing torrent of his doom. The days passed, and he lived. Two months passed, and I could go a whole day without looking over the precipice of his death.

Idylle hatte ich unsere gemeinsame Zeit bezeichnet. Illusion hätte es vielleicht besser getroffen.

Después hicieron acto de presencia las lágrimas, y se derramaron, y las constelaciones se pusieron a girar sobre nosotros, y la luna empezó a trazar su fatigoso curso. Yacimos acongojados e insomnes mientras transcurrían las horas.

Él se removía y el aire del interior de la tienda con él, impregnando el ambiente con su suave aroma a musgo. «Es esto lo que voy a echar de menos. Me mataré antes que perderlo», pensé, y luego me pregunté: «¿Cuánto tiempo tenemos?».

Lassù le costellazioni ruotano e tramontano. La mia natura divina sfolgora in me come gli ultimi raggi di sole prima di tuffarsi nel mare. Un tempo pensavo che gli dèi fossero opposti alla morte, ma adesso vedo che sono più morti che altro, poiché sono immutabili, e non possono trattenere nulla nelle mani. Per tutta la vita mi sono sempre spinta avanti, e adesso eccomi qui.

Prometheus' words, deep-running as roots, had waited in me all this time. "We bear it as best we can," I said.

This, and this and this and this.

You have eked out ten more years of life, and I am glad for you. But the rest of us -" His mouth twists. "The rest of us are forced to wait for your leisure. You are holding us here, Achilles.

I lay back and tried not to think of the minutes passing. Just yesterday we had had a wealth of them. Now each was a drop of heartsblood lost.

Estoy hecho de recuerdos I am made of memories

When I was young, I overheard our palace surgeon talking. He said that the medicines he sold were only for show. Most hurts heal by themselves, he said, if you give them enough time. It was the sort of secret I loved to discover, for it made me feel cynical and wise. I took it for a philosophy.

Ve con cuidado —me instó. —Lo haré. Había mucho más por decir, mas, por una vez, no lo dijimos. Habría otras ocasiones para hablar, por la noche, y al día siguiente, y todos los días venideros. Me soltó la mano.

I don't either," he said. "I thought I might, but I don't." The days turned, and the months, and two years passed.

La fama sigue cursos extraños: la de unos aumenta al morir y la de otros se desvanece. —El itacense abre las manazas—. Es imposible decir quién va a sobrevivir al holocausto de la memoria.

When I was young, I overheard our palace surgeon talking. He said that the medicines he sold were only for show. Most hurts heal by themselves, if you give them enough time. It was the sort of secret I loved to discover, for it made me feel cynical and wise. I took it for philosophy. I have always been good at waiting, you see.

But even I could not fill each minute with fear. I have heard that men who live near a waterfall cease to hear it - in such a way did I learn to live beside the rushing torrent of his doom.

Es esto lo que voy a echar de menos. Me mataré antes que perderlo», pensé, y luego me pregunté: «¿Cuánto tiempo tenemos?».