“We Americans, with our terrific emphasis on youth, action, and material success, certainly tend to belittle the afternoon of life and even to pretend it never comes. We push the clock back and try to prolong the morning, over-reaching and over-straining ourselves in the unnatural effort. ... In our breathless attempts we often miss the flowering that waits for afternoon.” TryingActionWaitingEffortMorningMissingYouthMaterialsAgingClockReachingAfternoonEmphasisTerrificUnnaturalFloweringBelittleBreathless Author:Anne Morrow Lindbergh
“More than the sound of my own beating heart, I miss the sound of a ticking clock. Time passes. It must pass.” HeartSoundMy OwnMissingClockTime Passes Book:Across the Universe Source: Across the Universe
“[John Adams] letters courting Abigail Smith are especially priceless. In one of 1764 he addresses her as "Miss Adorable" and says that "By the same Token that the Bearer hereof satt up with you last night I hereby order you to give him, as many Kisses, and as many Hours of your Company after 9 O'Clock as he shall please to Demand and charge them to my Account."” GivingLastsNightOrderHoursCompanyMissingPleaseDemandKissingLettersAccountsClockAddressesLast NightPricelessAdorableTokensAbigail Author:Gordon S. Wood