It partook .. of eternity .. there is a coherence in things, a stability; something, she meant, is immune from change, and shines out (she glanced at the window with its ripple of reflected lights) in the face of the flowing, the fleeting, the spectral, like a ruby; so that again tonight she had the feeling she had had once today, already, of peace, of rest. Of such moments, she thought, the thing is made that endures. . Virginia Woolf
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A thing is made of time, it is not eternal, unless it withstands the ebb and flow of time. This quote speaks about how things are made of time, yet they are given form to endure. This quote may have been published in the book "Heart of Darkness", written by Joseph Conrad, but the quote was actually written by his wife, Jessie Conrad.

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