“One minute was enough, Tyler said, "A person had to work hard for it, but a minute of perfection was worth the effort. A moment was the most you could ever expect from perfection.”

“They fought and worked and devised intricate plans to buy more time. Basia had no doubt that they’d work just as hard to keep each other alive for even a few more minutes. It wasn’t something he’d ever had to think about before. But it did seem to be a microcosm of everything in life. No one lived forever. But you fought for every minute you could get. Bought a little more with a lot of hard work.”

Daniel Abraham (1969) speculative fiction writer from the United States

“You ever laughed so hard
nobody in the world could hurt you for a minute,
no matter what they tried to do to you?”

Virginia Euwer Wolff book Make Lemonade

“There are only ten minutes in the life of a pear when it is perfect to eat.”

Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882) American philosopher, essayist, and poet

“Love hard when there is love to be had. Because perfect guys don’t exist, but there’s always one guy that is perfect for you.”

Bob Marley (1945–1981) Jamaican singer, songwriter, musician

“I don’t expect perfection, I expect excellence.” I expect 100 percent effort in all you do.”

Steven D. Levitt (1967) American economist

“Those we love, we can grow to hate. And life… life can be perfect one minute and in shambles the next.”

Gena Showalter (1975) American writer

“I never expect a perfect work from an imperfect man.”

Alexander Hamilton (1757–1804) Founding Father of the United States

“May I never be complete. May I never be content. May I never be perfect. Deliver me, Tyler, from being perfect and complete.”

Chuck Palahniuk Fight Club

“WORTH IT and perfect are different things. No one’s perfect, yet in romance, everyone becomes WORTH IT. And that’s the trick.”

Maureen Johnson (1973) writer from the USA