“The mystery of the universe is not time but size.”
Variant: The greatest mystery the universe offers is not life but Size.
Source: The Gunslinger
“[Time is not] a mysterious illusion of the intellect... It is an essential feature of the universe.”
The Nature of Time (1961) as quoted by Douglas Martin, "Gerald J. Whitrow, 87, Author Of Philosophic Tomes on Time" The New York Times (June 27, 2000)
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