You could lose the ones you loved in the blink of an eye–and he was willing to bet, when it happened, you weren’t thinking about all the reasons that could have kept you apart. You thought of all the reasons that kept you together. And, no doubt, how you wished you’d had more time. Even if you’d had centuries… When you were young, you thought time was a burden, something to be discharged as fast as possible so you could be grown-up. But it was such a bait-n-switch–when you were an adult, you came to realize that minutes and hours were the single most precious thing you had. No one got forever. And it was a fucking crime to waste what you were given. .J.r. Ward
About This Quote
When you are young, you think that time is something to be wasted. You don’t want to waste your youth on anything except having fun. But as you grow older, you discover the truth: time is the most precious thing you have. No one gets forever. And it is a crime to waste whatever time you have left.
Source: Lover Reborn
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