Nothing happens in a vacuum in life: every action has a series of consequences, and sometimes it takes a long time to fully understand the consequences of our actions.

It takes a long time to become young.

Time can be a greedy thing-sometimes it steals the details for itself.

When I go to Afghanistan, I realize I've been spared, due to a random genetic lottery, by being born to people who had the means to get out. Every time I go to Afghanistan I am haunted by that.

Grime is not like messiness or some fingerprints on a cabinet; it takes a long time to accumulate.

It takes a long time for a man to look like his portrait.