“[T]he period between four and six in the morning is called the Brahmamuhurta, the Brahmic time, or divine period, and is a very sacred time to meditate. (140)”
“The distance between one historical period and another is a very small step in comparison to the huge metaphysical gap we must leap to understand the perspective of another person in any time or place.”
“When I was growing up, in our house nudity was defined as the period of time between the shower and your towel.”
“Peace: A period of cheating between two periods of fighting.”
“The shortest unit of time in the multiverse is the New York Second, defined as the period of time between the traffic lights turning green and the cab behind you honking.”
“Peace in international affairs: a period of cheating between periods of fighting”