“Four things you can't recover: The stone after the throw, The word after it's said, The occasion after it's missed,The time after it's gone.”
“It's not time that is passing by after all, it's you and I”
“The problem with aging is not that it's one damn thing after another—it's every damn thing, all at once, all the time.”
“The time's gone by for sentiment and all that foolery. Mercy's all very well but after all it's justice that clinches the bargain.”
“It's easier to believe in things after dark.”
“I miss her all the time. I know in my head that she has gone. The only difference is that I am getting used to the pain. It's like discovering a great hole in the ground. To begin with, you forget it's there and keep falling in. After a while, it's still there, but you learn to walk round it.”