271 Quotes About Too-late

You say it's too late. In my opinion, only a thimbleful of situations in life are that dire. Death begins and ends that list. Everything else is simply an obstacle that must be dealt with.

Our eyes were on the Other-world, the stars, the gods. We didn’t keep watch on the world around us. And when we eventually lowered our heads and studied the waters closer to home, it was too late.

All these questions and many more besides only occurred to me much, much later when there was no one left to ask.

Have you ever felt you were born in the wrong decade, or came just a bit too late and missed out on all the good stuff when it was in its heyday?

Love. Love is not found. Love finds

This is love, he would have said, diffidence is love, fear itself is love, even the scorn you feel is love. Each of us comes by it the wrong way. Some spot it right away, others need years, and for some it comes in retrospect only.

Sometimes life goes in a direction not of our choosing. That’s why we need to adapt. It’s never too late o change direction… [Gamache] knew the young minister was wrong, sometimes it was too late.

There's that bitter understanding that there is nothing worse than losing someone you were only just starting you realize you love.

He really really really shouldn't have done that. Amazing how much more obvious that became one second after it was too late.