"Without unscrambled eggs, there was no time travel, no more depredation of the Now, and we could look to a brighter future of long-term thought--and more reading."

Time, Future, Thought, Change

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"Without unscrambled eggs, there was no time travel, no more depredation of the Now, and we could look to a brighter future of long-term thought--and more reading."

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"Do not waste your time on Social Questions. What is the matter with the poor is Poverty; what is the matter with the rich is Uselessness."

George Bernard Shaw, Irish Dramatist

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"Praise is the mode of love which always has some element of joy in it."

C. S. Lewis, British Author

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"Taking on challenging projects is the way that one grows and extends one's range as a writer, one's technical command, so I consider the time well-spent."

Donna Tartt, American Novelist

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"Time is standing still. We are measuring ourselves by how far we are going."

Debasish Mridha, American Author

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"Life has become the future. Every moment of your life is lived for the future."

John Green, American Author

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"Minutes remain the same length whether they are held against the span of years or minutes themselves. Yet, when minutes are held against themselves, they seem so terribly brief. Therefore, we'd be wise to celebrate life before minutes are all that's left."

Craig D. Lounsbrough, American Author

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"Summer's lease hath all too short a date."

William Shakespeare, English Dramatist

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"Life dances on the moment."

Debasish Mridha, American Author

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"Forever, time is standing still. We are flying away with the wings of desire we call life."

Debasish Mridha, American Author

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"Life is defined by time and seasons."

Lailah Gifty Akita, Ghanaian Author

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"There's more to good or bad than what's written in the Rulebook."

Ethics

"Magic is the fifth fundamental force and is even more mysterious than gravity, which is really saying something."

Mystery

"Truly competent Literary Detectives are as rare as truthful men, Mr. Tweed -- you can see her potential as clearly as I can. Frightened of someone stealing your thunder, perhaps?"

Competence

"Rouge of my heart, intertwined with double-hued destiny,Thread of my thoughts, constant and rubicund legacy,Filament of my future, endeared unto my expectation,Cord of my emotion, seared with eternal elation."

Poetry

"People don't change just because you know more about them."

Reality

"I was born on a Thursday, hence the name. My brother was born on a Monday and they called him Anton--go figure. My mother was called Wednesday, but was born on a Sunday--I don't know why--and my father had no name at all--his identity and existence had been scrubbed by the ChronoGuard after he went rogue. To all intents and purposes he didn't exist at all. It didn't matter. He was always Dad to me..."

Identity

"Chromatacia society ruled by a colortocracy social hierarchy based upon one's limited color perception, society is dominated by color. In this world, you are what you can see."

Perception

"There are two schools of thought about the resilience of time. The first is that time is highly volatile, with every small event altering the possible outcome of the earth's future. The other view is that time is rigid, and no matter how hard you try, it will always spring back toward a determined present. Myself, I do not worry about such trivialities. I simply sell ties to anyone who wants to buy one..."

Uncertainty

"The best plans are always the simplest."

Simplicity

"Pretend to be mad and talk a lot. Then - and this is the important bit - do nothing at all until you absolutely have to and then make sure everyone dies."

Deception