“a truth does not take too long to tell, only a fiction requires so much thought”
“It is a long time,' repeated his wife; 'and when is it not a long time? Vengeance and retribution require a long time; it is the rule.''It does not take a long time to strike a man with Lightning,' said Defarge.'How long,' demanded madame, composedly, 'does it take to make and store the lightning? Tell me?”
“why did i so passionately require the truth? because all great fiction is true”
“Truth is so hard to tell, it sometimes needs fiction to make it plausible.”
“It does not take many words to tell the truth”
“If something takes too long, something happens to you. You become all and only the thing you want and nothing else, for you have paid too much for it, too much in wanting and too much in waiting and too much in getting.”