— What do you want?
— I want to kill time.
— Time does not like to be killed.
No one has time any more for anyone else.
Explanation:
misattributed to Mark Twain: https://quoteinvestigator.com/2011/09/29/you-did/
But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us.
There is this theory. Given an infinite univers and infinite time... all things will happen. That means that every event is inevitable including those that are impossible.
Mysterious thing, time. Powerful. And, when meddled with... dangerous.
"Good morning," said the little prince.
"Good morning," said the merchant.
This was a merchant who sold pills that had been invented to quench thirst.
You need only swallow one pill a week, and you would feel no need of anything to drink.
"Why are you selling those?" asked the little prince.
"Because they save a tremendous amount of time," said the merchant.
"Computations have been made by experts.
With these pills, you save fifty-three minutes in every week."
"And what do I do with those fifty-three minutes?"
"Anything you like..."
"As for me," said the little prince to himself, "if I had fifty-three minutes to spend as I liked, I should walk at my leisure toward a spring of fresh water."
It's thirty minutes away. I'll be there in ten.