I have thought the difference might be that my Mary knows she will live forever, that she will step from the living into another life as easily as she slips from sleep to wakefulness. She knows this with her whole body, so completely that she does no...
I wonder about people who say they haven't time to think. For myself, I can double think. I find that weighing vegetables, passing the time of day with customers, fighting or loving Mary, coping with the children-- none of these prevents a second and...
Youth. I don't seek it through another because I have it within; it's a state of mind, a spirit that is free, and a mind that is playful. The shell of my being is altered by the effects of time, but nothing will tarnish a soul that will never forget ...
Your time, energy and resources will get used no matter how well you focus them. By choosing to focus properly, you get the highest return for the efforts you invest in your life. Most people spend too much time on what is urgent and not enough time ...
Jan Edgecomb: [after they have sex all night long for the first time] Paul? Paul Edgecomb: Yeah? Jan Edgecomb: Not that I'm complaining... Paul Edgecomb: Uh-huh? Jan Edgecomb: But we haven't gone four times in one night since we were 19. Paul Edgecom...
[Patsy meets Peggy] Young Peggy: What do you want? Young Patsy: Me? Young Peggy: Mama said you were looking for me. Young Patsy: No, the guys told me that... [pause] Young Patsy: What? Young Patsy: I'll come back some other time... [leaves post-haste...
[Alvy and Annie are seeing their therapists at the same time on a split screen] Alvy Singer's Therapist: How often do you sleep together? Annie Hall's Therapist: Do you have sex often? Alvy Singer: [lamenting] Hardly ever. Maybe three times a week. A...
Every time you praise something, every time you appreciate something, every time you feel good about something, you are telling the Universe, "More of this, Please." You need never again make another verbal statement of this intent, and if you were a...
Yet from time to time we are betrayed by language, if not in the words themselves, in the rhythm with which we deliver our words. Over time, I would learn to listen for those wonderful moments when people spoke a kind of personal music, which left a ...
[Mandela] subsequently used words that never left me: 'Because you hold a particular position, doesn't mean that you are more important that anyone else. Your time is not more valuable that anybody else's time. If you are late you show that you have ...
To marry once is a duty, twice a folly, and three times -- madness.
By continually scolding someone, they in time become accustomed to it and despise your reproof.
Consider the facts seven times before you suspect someone.
A chicken you eat only once -- eggs a hundred times.
We’re wasting time here. I’ve got a sweet ass to paddle. Some legs to spread…
Spending time with you showed me what I’ve been missing in my life.
Who was I? The stranger was footsteps in the snow a long time ago.
What are friends for, but to help each other get through bad times and have multiple orgasms?
Then she smiles, like it's the first time she's seen sun after a decade of winters.
The only time a man can be brave is when he is afraid.
Time is the school in which we learn, Time is the fire in which we burn.
