“Five minutes of a lifetime were truly spent, and we felt young in a good way.”

“It takes a lifetime to build a good reputation, but you can lose it in a minute.”

Will Rogers (1879–1935) American humorist and entertainer

“Don't talk for five minutes, there's a good chap! I've a strange feeling come over me--almost as if I were going to think!”

Aleister Crowley book Moonchild

“The five minutes ticked away on Limaal Mandella’s fob watch and the tension wound tight around Corporation Plaza. Rael Mandella Jr., sweating in his father’s best championship suit, was horrified to realize how few of such brief five-minute periods went to make up a lifetime.”

Ian McDonald book Desolation Road

“Time spent reading, like time spent loving, increases our lifetime.”

Daniel Pennac (1944) French author

“Half a lifetime is spent with the unspoken question: Will it happen will it not?”

Max Frisch (1911–1991) Swiss playwright and novelist

“… like us? Counting up the minutes -- have we spent half an hour together?”

Peter Greenaway (1942) British film director

“One hand, five homes. A lifetime in a fist.”

Jhumpa Lahiri book The Namesake

“The privilege of a lifetime is to become who you truly are.”

C.G. Jung (1875–1961) Swiss psychiatrist and psychotherapist who founded analytical psychology

“When the new wore off his grandfather’s watch, and carrying it became a day’s burdensome task, Jem no longer felt the necessity of ascertaining the hour every five minutes.”

Harper Lee book To Kill a Mockingbird