Swiftness

Time is the mercy of Eternity without Time's swiftness/ Which is the swiftest of all things: all were eternal torment.

William Blake

The strokes of the pen need deliberation as much as the sword needs swiftness.

Julia Ward Howe

Pity me that the heart is slow to learnWhat the swift mind beholds at every turn.

Edna St. Vincent Millay

The rage for swiftness which is so characteristic of this restless time has been extended to fashions of reading. One effect of the modern habit of sw...

Arlo Bates