Paul BowlesBecause neither she nor Port had ever lived a life of any kind of regularity, they had both made the fatal error of coming hazily to regard time as non-existent. One year was like another year. Eventually everything would happen.
About This Quote
The passage in which this quote appears is not about time; it’s about love and the mistakes we make when we feel we can’t ever be truly in love.
Source: The Sheltering Sky
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