Quarter Periods

Famous quotes containing the words quarter and/or periods:

“A quarter of an hour is worth a thousand pieces of gold.”
—Chinese proverb.

“At great periods you have always felt, deep within you, the temptation to commit suicide. You gave yourself to it; breached your own defenses. You were a child. The idea of suicide was a protest against life; by dying, you would escape this longing for death.”
—Cesare Pavese (1908–1950)