Parting Thoughts

This month’s Parting Thoughts were sent in by Timothy Chow, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, (chow@rose-hulman.edu). Many thanks for the contribution, Timothy!

The future is something which everyone reaches at a rate of sixty minute an hour, whatever he does, whoever he is.
~ C. S. Lewis (1898-1963), British novelist, academic, and literary critic

Clocks slay time … time is dead as long as it is being clicked off by little wheels; only when the clock stops does time come to life.
~ William Faulkner (1897-1962), Nobel Prize-winning American author

Day, n. A period of 24 hours, mostly misspent.
~ Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914), American editorialist, journalist, short story writer, and satirist

Lost yesterday, somewhere between Sunrise and Sunset, two golden hours, each set with sixty diamond minutes. No reward is offered, for they are gone forever.
~ Horace Mann (1796-1859), American education reformer and politician

Reader contributions of Parting Thoughts are most welcome. Send them to Marne Einarson (mke3@cornell.edu).