“If the eye really was a muscle, I had pulled it long ago.”
“....I am inclined to think that these muscles and bones of mine would have gone off long ago to Megara or Boeotia—by the dog they would, if they had been moved only by their own idea of what was best.(tr Jowett)”
“I learned a long time ago that there is something worse than missing the goal, and that's not pulling the trigger.”
“If I had no sense of humor, I would long ago have committed suicide.”
“I learned a long time ago that you have to experience something for yourself or you never really comprehend it.”
“I got over shy a really long time ago. I'm queer, I'm feline, get used to it.”