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The past is never dead. It’s not even past.
William Faulkner1897–1962Requiem for a Nun (1951)
- History
Clocks slay time. … Time is dead as long as it is being clicked off by little wheels; only when the clock stops does time come to life.
William Faulkner1897–1962The Sound and the Fury (1929), “June Second, 1910”In context
A man is the sum of his misfortunes. One day you’d think misfortune would get tired, but then time is your misfortune
William Faulkner1897–1962The Sound and the Fury (1929), June Second, 1910 (2 of 4)In context
- Luck
I give it to you not that you may remember time, but that you might forget it now and then for a moment and not spend all your breath trying to conquer it. Because no battle is ever won he said. They are not even fought. The field only reveals to man his own folly and despair, and victory is an illusion of philosophers and fools.
William Faulkner1897–1962The Sound and the Fury (1929), June Second, 1910 (1 of 4)In context
- Failure
Christ was not crucified: he was worn away by a minute clicking of little wheels.
William Faulkner1897–1962The Sound and the Fury (1929), June Second, 1910 (1 of 4)In context
- Christianity
So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.
F. Scott Fitzgerald1896–1940The Great Gatsby (1925), Closing linesIn context
“I wouldn’t ask too much of her,” I ventured. “You can’t repeat the past.”
“Can’t repeat the past?” he cried incredulously. “Why of course you can!”
F. Scott Fitzgerald1896–1940The Great Gatsby (1925), Chapter VIIn context
- Hope
Gatsby believed in the green light, the orgiastic future that year by year recedes before us. It eluded us then, but that’s no matter⁠—tomorrow we will run faster, stretch out our arms further … And one fine morning —
So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.
F. Scott Fitzgerald1896–1940The Great Gatsby (1925), Chapter IXIn context
- Hope
Adventures do occur, but not punctually.
E. M. Forster1879–1970A Passage to India (1924), Ch. 3In context
Time is money.
Benjamin Franklin1706–1790Advice to a Young Tradesman, Written by an Old One (1748), as quoted by Max Weber, The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism, Chapter II: The Spirit of Capitalism, 1905. [//www.archive.org/download/littlemasterpiec00fran/littlemasterpiec00fra
- Money
Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time; for that’s the stuff life is made of.
Benjamin Franklin1706–1790Poor Richard’s Almanack
Lost time is never found again.
Benjamin Franklin1706–1790Poor Richard’s Almanack
You may delay, but time will not.
Benjamin Franklin1706–1790Poor Richard’s Almanack
Employ thy time well, if thou meanest to gain leisure.
Benjamin Franklin1706–1790Poor Richard’s Almanack
It is the future that creates his present.
All is an interminable chain of longing.
Robert Frost1874–1963In the Clearing (1962), “Escapist — Never”