A pale clock face with brass ticks and bent hands, edged with frost on a blue-grey background.

Original artwork, not a still

Henry van Dyke

Time is Too slow for those who wait, Too swift got those who fear, Too long for those who grieve, Too short for those who rejoice. But for those who love, Time is not.

Behind the line

What it means

Our interpretation.

Waiting, fear, grief and joy are given different experiences of time, while love is presented as outside that measure. The damaged got connective remains unchanged; the surrounding contrasts are interpreted without repairing it or asserting a universal rule.

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