Evil can be undone, but it cannot 'develop' into good. Time does not heal it. The spell must be unwound, bit by bit, 'with backward mutters of dissevering power' - or else not.
— CS Lewis
Good fortune can take forever to get to you, but as it turns out, sorrow is as quick as a shot.
— Alice Hoffman
Everything takes me forever. It's all lurch, flail. I hope that is good news to you writers.
— Anne Lamott
You exist but as a part inherent in a greater whole. Do not live as though you had a thousand years before you. The common due impends; while you live, and while you may, be good.