“You’re just doing that to pass the time,” said Davide, dismissively.
“Just to pass the time,” agreed Jac. “Though I suppose time will pass, in any case, regardless of what I do.”

“Everything passes, just not at the same time.”

“I pass times, I pass silences, formless worlds pass me by.”

“Do you remember you shot a seagull? A man came by chance, saw it and destroyed it, just to pass the time.”

“To spend time is to pass it in a specified manner. To waste time is to expend it thoughtlessly or carelessly. We all have time to spend or waste, and it is our decision what to do with it. But once passed, it is gone forever.”

“Books are not about passing time. They're about other lives. Other worlds. Far from wanting time to pass, one just wishes one had more of it. If one wanted to pass the time one could go to New Zealand.”

“Never give up on a dream just because of the time it will take to accomplish it. The time will pass anyway.”

“I do not want to pass the time. I want to grab hold of it and leave my mark upon the world.”

“Time will pass; these mood will pass; and I will, eventually, be myself again. But then, at some unknown time, the electrifying carnival will come back into my mind.”

“Is the flow of time something real, or might our sense of time passing be just an illusion that hides the fact that what is real is only a vast collection of memories?”