“Now is now. It can never be a long time ago.”
Laura Ingalls Wilder book Little House in the Big Woods
Little House in the Big Woods (1932), Ch. 13
“Now or never was the time.”
Book IV, Ch. 31.
The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman (1760-1767)
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Scott Lynch book The Republic of Thieves
Source: The Republic of Thieves
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Introduction to "Be Prepared"
Songs by Tom Lehrer (1953)
Context: I would like to state at this time that I am not now and have never been... a member of the Boy Scouts of America. Their motto is, as you know, "Be Prepared!" and that is the name of this song.