Octavio Paz Quotes

The sum of all sums is eternity.

Ever is a long time. But the boy knew what he knew. That ever is no time at all.

The present is the only thing that has no end.

I do not think seventy years is the time of a man or woman, Nor that seventy millions of years is the time of a man or woman, Nor that years will ever stop the existence of me, or any one else.

Eternity eludes us, even as a thought.

To the soul, there is no past and no future; all is, and will be ever, in now. For artificial purposes time is mutually agreed on, but there is really no such thing.

Eternity: a moment standing still for ever.

Eternity does not mean infinite time, but simply timelessness

It's only forever... Not long at all.

Forever is made up of nows.

For eternally and always there is only now, one and the same now; the present is the only thing that has no end.

Now is the moment that never ends.

Forever is composed of Nows— 'Tis not a different time— Except for Infiniteness— And Latitude of Home

Forever is a really long time, you know? What do you do with forever?" "The same thing you do when you don't have forever." He smiled wanly. "Live.

Forever - is composed of Nows - 'Tis not a different time... Let Months dissolve in further Months - And Years - exhale in Years.

Words are the only things that last for ever.

Forever always seems to be around when it begins, but forever never seems to be around when it ends

Eternity - waste of time.

There are moments when I think it will never end, that it will last indefinitely. It's like the rain. Here the rain, like everything else, suggests permanence and eternity. I say to myself: it's raining today and it's going to rain tomorrow and the next day, the next week and the next century.

We are only an instant, that's true. But we are eternal.

Alice: "How long is forever?" White Rabbit: "Sometimes, just one second."

What is forever? God, I don't know. Hope, I guess. That's a difficult question.

Something there is more immortal even than the stars.

a little bird moves a mountain of sand one grain at a time it picks up one grain every million years and when the mountain has been moved the bird puts it all back again and that's how long eternity is and that's a very long time to be dead

I think forever is an incorrect concept.