尝试想象没有时间的生活。你可能不能。您知道一个月，一年，一周的一天。您的墙壁上有一个时钟或汽车的仪表板。您有时间表，日历，晚餐或电影的时间。然而，在您周围，计时都被忽略了。鸟不晚。狗不检查手表。鹿不会在生日过世时担心。一个人一个人衡量时间。一个人一个小时。而且，因此，一个人一个人陷入了瘫痪的恐惧，认为没有其他生物会忍受。害怕时间耗尽。
(Try to imagine a life without timekeeping. You probably can't. You know the month, the year, the day of the week. There is a clock on your wall or the dashboard of your car. You have a schedule, a calendar, a time for dinner or a movie. Yet all around you, timekeeping is ignored. Birds are not late. A dog does not check its watch. Deer do not fret over passing birthdays. Man alone measures time. Man alone chimes the hour. And, because of this, man alone suffers a paralyzing fear that no other creature endures. A fear of time running out.)