“Time is an illusion. Lunchtime doubly so.”
Douglas Adams The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy pentalogy
Source: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
“Time is an illusion. Lunchtime doubly so.”
Douglas Adams The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy pentalogy
Source: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
“This is the unforgiving light of the morning, time to drop the illusion.”
Gillian Flynn book Sharp Objects
Source: Sharp Objects
Gerald James Whitrow (1912–2000) British mathematician
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)
Max Tegmark book Our Mathematical Universe
Our Mathematical Universe: My Quest for the Ultimate Nature of Reality (2014)
Alan Moore (1953) English writer primarily known for his work in comic books
The Believer interview (2013)
“The illusion that times that were are better than those that are, has probably pervaded all ages.”
Horace Greeley (1811–1872) American politician and publisher
As quoted in The American Conflict, A History of the Great Rebellion (1864).
1860s
Yann Martel book Life of Pi
Variant: I did not count the days or the weeks or the months. Time is an illusion that only makes us pant. I survived because I forgot even the very notion of time.
Source: Life of Pi