“There are only ten minutes in the life of a pear when it is perfect to eat.”
The quote "There are only ten minutes in the life of a pear when it is perfect to eat." is famous quote attributed to Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882), American philosopher, essayist, and poet.
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As quoted in The Unknown Patton (1983) by Charles M. Province, p. 165
Source: Beatrice & Virgil (2010), p. 50
Quoted in the October 2017 issue of <i>Men’s Health</i> magazine, page 41.
“He had writer's block once. It was the worst ten minutes of his life.”
About Isaac Asimov – quoted in Page Fright : Foibles and Fetishes of Famous Writers (2009) by Harry Bruce
Jerry Pournelle, in "Chaos Manor: Is there an Upgrade in your future?" in Dr. Dobb's Journal : Software Tools For The Professional Programmer (2005), Vol. 30, Issues 374-379, p. 9
Variant: Most writers hate to write, and will grasp any excuse to do something else … There are exceptions. Isaac Asimov actually was never happier than sitting at a keyboard — first, his old typewriter; then, the TRS-80; and later, a more conventional PC. But then, Isaac was unusual, and his experience with writer's block was the worst 10 minutes of his life.
“Don’t quibble with the king over pears, let him eat the ripe ones and give you the green ones.”
Source: The Cave (2000), p. 78 (Vintage 2003)
remark in a conversation with the writer Moore, ca. 1875; as quoted in The private lives of the Impressionists, Sue Roe, Harpen Collins Publishers, New York 2006, p. 117
1855 - 1875
