
“You could spend a lifetime reading in here.”
The Cook, The Thief, His Wife, and Her Lover
Until When We Are Ghosts (2006), Forsake All Others
“You could spend a lifetime reading in here.”
The Cook, The Thief, His Wife, and Her Lover
“Life can seem short or life can seem long, depending on how you live it.”
Source: The Devil and Miss Prym
“It's up to you how you waste your time and money. I'm staying here to read: life's too short.”
Source: The Shadow of the Wind
“Life is short, but its ills make it seem long.”
Maxim 124
Sentences, The Moral Sayings of Publius Syrus, a Roman Slave
“Owe money at Easter and Lent will seem short to thee.”
Lexicon Tetraglotton (1660)