“somehow, with the passage of time, and the deadlines that life imposes, surrendering became the right thing to do”
“It gave him the same odd sense of dislocation, though; that sense of losing some valuable part of himself that could not survive the passage back to daily life. Each time, the passage became more difficult.”
“The secret of life is enjoying the passage of time.”
“Travel broadens, they say. My personal experience has been that, in the short term at any rate, it merely flattens, aiming its steam-roller of deadlines and details straight at one's daily life, leaving a person flat and gasping at its passage.”
“the time is always right to do the right thing”
“I don't need time, I need a deadline.”