Quote by Dag Hammarskjold
Time always seems long to the child who is waiting - for Christmas

Time always seems long to the child who is waiting – for Christmas, for next summer, for becoming a grownup: long also when he surrenders his whole soul to each moment of a happy day. – Dag Hammarskjold

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