Chronometric Quotes & Sayings

For my father there was no sharper way to understand a country than by listening to its stories. — Tahir Shah

Evil has always existed, the perfect world most people seek shall never come to pass and it's gonna get worse. — Richard Ramirez

Punctuality was not Susan's strength. She always intended to be on time, but she seemed to have some kind of chronometric dyslexia, which thwarted her intent, nearly always. — Robert B. Parker

It becomes clear that chronometric time is a homogeneous succession lacking all particularity. It is always the same, always indifferent to pleasure or pain. Mythological time, on the other hand, is impregnated with all the particulars of our lives: it is as long as eternity or as short as a breath, ominous or propitious, fecund or sterile. — Octavio Paz

I've read more truth in fiction than in nonfiction, partly because fiction can deal with the numinous, and nonfiction rarely does. — Dean Koontz

But froward Fortune and perverse, Whan high estatis she doth reverse, And maketh hem to tumble doun Of hir whele, with sodeyn tourn. — Anonymous

To know another's heart, you must first know your own. — Laurell K. Hamilton

I've already lived one full life, and so now I'm about to endeavor to see what else the good Lord has in store for me, and I'm wide open. — Valerie Simpson