“Time past was nothing, no matter how long. Time ahead was everything, no matter how brief.”

— Sheri S. Tepper , book Grass

Source: Grass (1989), Chapter 17 (p. 385)

Adopted from Wikiquote. Last update June 3, 2021. History

Help us to complete the source, original and additional information

Do you have more details about the quote "Time past was nothing, no matter how long. Time ahead was everything, no matter how brief." by Sheri S. Tepper?

Sheri S. Tepper photo

Sheri S. Tepper 150

American fiction writer 1929–2016

Related quotes

“No matter how far you are. No matter how long it takes him. Through Distance And Time I'll be waiting..”

Alicia Keys (1981) American singer-songwriter, pianist, and actress

“For a brief time I was here; and for a brief time I mattered.”

Harlan Ellison (1934–2018) American writer

His entire afterword to The Essential Ellison (1987)
Also quoted in the death announcement made by his publicist (28 June 2018).

“Everything matters more than we think it does, and, at the same time, nothing matters so much as we think it does.”

Samuel Butler (1835–1902) novelist

Sparks
The Note-Books of Samuel Butler (1912), Part XIV - Higgledy-Piggledy
Context: Everything matters more than we think it does, and, at the same time, nothing matters so much as we think it does. The merest spark may set all Europe in a blaze, but though all Europe be set in a blaze twenty times over, the world will wag itself right again.

“No matter how old an individual may be, no matter if he is young or old, if he thinks in accordance with the times he is immortal.”

Nnamdi Azikiwe (1904–1996) First President of Nigeria

Quoted in A Life of Azikiwe by K. A. B. Jones-Quartey (Penguin, 1965), p. 121

“Remember; no matter how desperate the situation seems, time spent
thinking clearly is never time wasted.”

Max Brooks book The Zombie Survival Guide

Source: The Zombie Survival Guide

“No matter how quiet and conformist a person’s life seems, there’s always a time in the past when they reached an impasse. A time when they went a little crazy. I guess people need that sort of stage in their lives.”

Haruki Murakami book Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage

Source: Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage

“No matter how happy I had been in the past I do not long for it. The present is always the moment for which I love.”

Jamaica Kincaid (1949) Antiguan-American novelist, essayist, gardener, and gardening writer

Source: The Autobiography of My Mother

“It matters not how a man dies, but how he lives. The act of dying is not of importance, it lasts so short a time.”

James Boswell book The Life of Samuel Johnson

October 26, 1769, p. 174
Life of Samuel Johnson (1791), Vol II
Source: The Life of Samuel Johnson

“It matters not how a man dies, but how he lives. The act of dying is not of importance, it lasts so short a time.”

Samuel Johnson (1709–1784) English writer

October 26, 1769, p. 174
Life of Samuel Johnson (1791), Vol II

“After all, we are always on time, behind time, in time, but never out of time, no matter how often we are told that we are.”

José Saramago book The Cave

Source: The Cave (2000), p. 73 (Vintage 2003)

Related topics