"Life isn't very long. You see that plainly when you begin to look at it from the other end. Not time to do… — John Wyndham

"If life weren't so short it would be worth people's while to do more to put the world to rights."

"Darling, you're talking as if all normal-length lives were planned. They aren't, you know. People have to learn how to live them—and by the time they find out, they're nearly gone. No time to remedy mistakes.

Pretty girls are lovely as the flowers in May, but there are so many flowers in May.