For a very long time everybody refuses and then almost without a pause almost everybody accepts.
Gertrude SteinIf few can stand a long war without deterioration of soul, none can stand a long peace.
Oswald SpenglerOne does not discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for a very long time.
Andre GideI've never written anything that hasn't been in my mind for a long time - seven or eight years.
John McGahern