“A territory is only possessed for a moment in time.” — Barbara Kingsolver Quote

“A territory is only possessed for a moment in time.”

“Motherhood is so sentimentalised and romanticised in our culture. It's practically against the law to say there are moments in the day when you hate your children. Everyone actually has those moments.”

“I love developing children as characters. Children rarely have important roles in literary fiction - they are usually defined as cute or precious, or they create a plot by being kidnapped or dying.”

“To be hopeful, to embrace one possibility after another that is surely the basic instinct - crying out: High tide! Time to move out into the glorious debris. Time to take this life for what it is!”

“What keeps you going isn't some fine destination but just the road you're on, and the fact that you know how to drive.”

“Listen: being dead is not worse than being alive. It is different though. You could say the view is larger.”

“The concept of the trichiliocosm is closely linked with Buddhist theories about time and human destiny. Buddhist thought is generally clouded with pessimism, and this is nowhere more obvious than in its concept of time. The notion of an eternal round of birth and death is an intolerable thought.”

“Never sleep on opportunities because there will be plenty of time to rest between them.”

“Is it possible that Earth is my exile, and somewhere else in this vast universe is my home? That observable universe is my cage, and beyond it is where I actually originate?”

“It takes discipline not to let social media steal your time.”

“I am old enough to know that time passing is just a trick, a convenience. Everything is always there, still unfolding, still happening. The past, the present, and the future, in the noggin eternally, like brushes, combs and ribbons in a handbag.”

“Do not just learn time management; apply it as well. It is crucial if you want to make progress.”