Oh, I just want
Oh, I just want what we all want: a comfortable couch, a nice beverage, a weekend of no distractions and a book that will stop time, lift me out of my quotidian existence and alter my thinking forever. Elizabeth Gilbert
Stop Time
When the world stops,
When the world stops, time stops. Frederick Lenz
Wonder is the heaviest
Wonder is the heaviest element on the periodic table. Even a tiny fleck of it stops time. Diane Ackerman
Maybe it’s because I’m
Maybe it’s because I’m getting older, I’m finding enjoyment in things that stop time. Just the simple act of tasting a glass of wine is its own event. You’re not downing a glass of wine in the midst of doing something else. David Hyde Pierce
I like the dark
I like the dark part of the night, after midnight and before four-thirty, when it’s hollow, when ceilings are harder and farther away. Then I can breathe, and can think while others are sleeping, in a way can stop time, can have it so – this has always been my dream – so that while … Read more
We never can just
We never can just stop time. Or take moments back. Life doesn’t work that way, does it? Christine Feehan
The secret wish of
The secret wish of poetry is to stop time. Charles Simic
The purpose of art
The purpose of art is to stop time. Bob Dylan
Lost time is never
Lost time is never found again. Benjamin Franklin
But sometimes the world
But sometimes the world disrobes, slips its dress off a shoulder, stops time for a beat. If we look up at that moment, it’s not due to any ability of ours to pierce the darkness, it’s the world’s brief bestowal. The catastrophe of grace. Anne Michaels