Being Late Quotes

“BEING LATE

From where do simplicity and ease
In the movement of heavenly bodies derive?
It is precision.
Sun is never late to rise upon the Earth,
Moon is never late to cause the tides,
Earth is never late to greet the Sun and the Moon;
Thus, accidents are not accidents
But precise arrivals at the wrong right time.
Love is almost never simple;
Too often, feelings arrive too soon,
Waiting for thoughts that often come too late.
I wanted, too, to be simple and precise
Like the Sun,
Like the Moon,
Like the Earth
But the Earth was booked
Billions of years in advance;
Designed to meet all desires,
All arrivals, all sunrises, all sunsets,
All departures,
So I will have to be a little bit late.”
― Dejan Stojanovic

“Regalia Mason liked to be early to meetings; it was an interesting way of making others feel uncomfortable. If the most important person in the room is early, even those who are on time feel as though they are late.”
― Jeanette Winterson, Tanglewreck

“If you're on time, you're late.”
― Phillip Gary Smith, HARMONIZING: Keys to Living in the Song of Life

“You're late, Kell" Docson said, still not looking up from his ledgers.
"I strive for nothing if not consistency.”
― Brandon Sanderson, Mistborn: The Final Empire

“les retards sont des amis
qui meurent écrasés par un bus
ou un camion
ou le métro qui a déraillé puis explosé”
― Miel Pagès, La septième lèvre

“There are two things which are undeniably cool: walking away from explosions without looking back and turning up late to parties.”
― Frances White

“do you always come so late
always between two summers
always when mice
begin to walk
up and down
quicker and quicker”
― Elisabeth Borchers, Fish Magic: Selected Poems