waiting to meet. If you want to know the value of one minute, ask the person who just missed the train. If you want to know the value of one second, ask the person who just avoided a serious car accident. And if you want to know the value of one hundredth of a second, ask the athlete who won a silver medal in the Olympics Share this: Discussion 10 comments for "There's no time..." How true it is that fractions of time rule our lives; appointments we must keep and timetables we must run to, set by someone or something else. I love writing because it is the one, single thing where time can stand still. Lost in writing a minute can seem like an hour, an hour like a day. I used to worry about timescales then realised -- it will take as long as it takes. Good luck with your launch. Enjoy every moment before, during and beyond. Great post, Claire. I'm finger to thumb close to a deal for my second novel and I am fully aware that it could still all fall through -- I've been here twice before this year with this book. The waiting is agonising and this week has been a particularly difficult one for reasons I won't bore you with here. However, I am also aware that I have no control over such matters; what I do have control over is the strength of my writing and I work hard at