Miranda July Quotes

We can outrun the wind and the storm, but we cannot outrun the demon of hurry.

For most of my life, I've been in a hurry.

Each thing I do, I rush through so I can do something else. In such a way do the days pass - -a blend of stock car racing and the never ending building of a gothic cathedral. Through the windows of my speeding car I see all that I love falling away: books unread, jokes untold, landscapes unvisited.

We get such a kick out of looking forward to pleasures and rushing ahead to meet them that we can’t slow down enough to enjoy them when they come.

Being in a hurry. Getting to the next thing without fully entering the thing in front of me. I cannot think of a single advantage I've ever gained from being in a hurry. But a thousand broken and missed things, tens of thousands, lie in the wake of all the rushing.... Through all that haste I thought I was making up time. It turns out I was throwing it away.

Waiting is a state of mind that says we want what we don't have. Therefore, with every kind of waiting we produce an inner conflict between now and the projected future. This greatly reduces the quality of our life. Are you a 'habitual waiter'?

I'm always late for things and always feel like I'm rushing.

All my life, I was always in a hurry! I was always hustling!

My biggest pet peeve is rushing.

I've never been very good at slowing down.

Drink your tea slowly and reverently, as if it is the axis on which the world earth revolves - slowly, evenly, without rushing toward the future.

Our obsession with speed, with cramming more and more into every minute, means that we race through life instead of actually living it. Our health, diet and relationships suffer. We make mistakes at work. We struggle to relax, to enjoy the moment, even to get a decent night's sleep.

I don't relax very well, and I find it hard to sit still.

He who sows hurry reaps indigestion.

The important thing is to take your time and not get stressed.

I'm not going to rush anything and scamper around like a mad person and make myself crazy.

I am always in a rush because time is slipping away, and I am chasing it, chasing it.

I'm so used to doing stuff, as you can imagine, fast and on the go, and just calming down, being patient for me is something I have yet to get used to.

Taking time to do something slower than you normally would is a privilege that should not be ignored.

Chill? I can't chill. I find it so difficult to sit still.

I am not particularly interested in saving time; I prefer to enjoy it.

Life is so urgent it necessitates living slow.

Everyone rushes his life on, and suffers from a yearning for the future and a boredom with the present. But that man who devotes every hour to his own needs, who plans every day as if it were his last, neither longs for nor fears tomorrow.

Many people live habitually as if the present moment were an obstacle that they need to overcome in order to get to the next moment, and imagine living your whole live like that. Always, this moment is not quite good enough because you need to get to the next one.

You must be completely awake in the present to enjoy the tea.