“A slow nature such as Maurice's appears insensitive, for it needs time even to feel.”
“A first premonition of the rich variety of life had come to him; for the first time he thought he had understood the nature of human beings - they needed each other even when they appeared hostile, and it was very sweet to be loved by them.”
“Time and sunshine healed a sore, but the process was slow, and new boils appeared if I didn't stay dry.”
“These appear to be random events, unrelated at this time, so, naturally they bear watching.”
“Human beings make a strange fauna and flora. From a distance they appear negligible; close up they are apt to appear ugly and malicious. More than anything they need to be surrounded with sufficient space―space even more than time.”
“Time has this way of slowing down and speeding up,depending on how it feels.”