Kenneth Grahame...Absorbed in the new scents, the sounds, and the sunlight...
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When people are deeply in love with someone, the world seems to stand still. They don’t notice it, but time passes them by. The moment they realize that something is different, they look around to find out what has changed. In this quote from William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet , we get a terrific example of how much the world slows down when love is involved.
Source: The Wind In The Willows
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