Every duty which is bidden to wait returns with seven fresh duties at its back. – Charles Kingsley
The world goes up and the world goes down,
And the sunshine follows the rain;
And yesterdays sneer and yesterdays frown
Can never come over again. – Charles Kingsley
He was one of those men who possess almost every gift, except the gift of the power to use them. – Charles Kingsley
I am sorry.. Can only say time accelerated and skidded…. When my correspondents reproach me for tardiness, I can only say that I give as much attention to a letter as I do to anything I write, and I work at least six and sometimes sixteen hours a day. – William S. Burroughs, letter to Mother and Dad, 1959