Quotes from book
The Discovery of Heaven

The Discovery of Heaven is a 1992 novel by Dutch writer Harry Mulisch. It is considered Mulisch's masterpiece and was voted best book in the Dutch language in a 2007 poll among the readers of NRC Handelsblad.A 2001 film adaptation by director Jeroen Krabbé features Stephen Fry and Flora Montgomery in the leading roles.

“It was time, he thought, that tore everything to shreds.”
Source: The Discovery of Heaven (1992), Ch. 36