“early is on time, on time is late, and late is unacceptable!”

— Eric Jerome Dickey

Source: Sleeping with Strangers

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American author 1961

Sheri S. Tepper (1929–2016) American fiction writer

Source: Singer from the Sea (1999), Chapter 8, “A Proposal and What Followed” (p. 139)

“IT was the time of day when Lake Eden residents decided it was too late for a breakfast cookie and too early for a lunch cookie.”

Joanne Fluke book Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder

Source: Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder

“Everything harmonizes with me, which is harmonious to thee, O Universe. Nothing for me is too early or too late, which is in due time for thee.”

Marcus Aurelius book Meditations

XII, 30
Meditations (c. 121–180 AD), Book XII
Context: Everything harmonizes with me, which is harmonious to thee, O Universe. Nothing for me is too early or too late, which is in due time for thee. There is one light of the sun, though it is interrupted by walls, mountains and infinite other things. There is one common substance, though it is distributed among countless bodies which have their several qualities. There is one soul, though it is distributed among several natures and individual limitations. There is one intelligent soul, though it seems to be divided.

“Lately, I'm shedding my
snakeskin
You know I've been
changing
for you lately
It's time to make a fresh start
It's time to make a fresh start”

Example (musician) (1982) English rapper and singer

"Snakeskin" (song)
("Snakeskin" on YouTube (with lyrics)) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rAcSlJoTRQ4
Studio albums, The Evolution of Man (2012)

“There is a dead spot in the night, that coldest, blackest time when the world has forgotten evening and dawn is not yet a promise. A time when it is far too early to arise, but so late that going to bed makes small sense.”

Robin Hobb book Assassin's Quest

Source: Assassin's Quest

“A time to gain, a time to lose
A time to rend, a time to sew
A time of love, a time of hate
A time of peace… I swear it's not too late.”

Pete Seeger (1919–2014) American folk singer

"Turn! Turn! Turn!" (1954)

“The time for action is now. It's never too late to do something.”

Carl Sandburg (1878–1967) American writer and editor

Quoted as Sandburg in Stop Whining! Start Selling!: Profit-Producing Strategies for Explosive Sales Results (2003) by Jeff Blackman, but without citation of original source; this is elsewhere attributed to Antoine de Saint Exupéry, but also with no original sources cited.
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