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Apologies for my tardiness. Below are some quotes regarding lateness. For some I will want the person who said it, for some the book it's from, the author and, sometimes, the character;
1. "Come. Come now or you will be late."
"Late? What for?"
"What is your name, human?"
"Dent. Arthur Dent."
"Late as in the late Dentarthurdent. It's a sort of threat, you see. I've never been terribly good at them myself but I'm told they can be terribly effective."
(Author, book and the one unnamed character please)
2. “She was around ten minutes late, as a matter of fact. I didn't give a damn, though. All that crap they have in cartoons in the Saturday Evening Post and all, showing guys on street corners looking sore as hell because their dates are late - that's bunk. If a girl looks swell when she meets you, who gives a damn if she's late? Nobody.”
(Author and book please)
3. "How did it get so late so soon? Its night before its afternoon. December is here before its June. My goodness how the time has flewn. How did it get so late so soon?"
(Author please)
4. "I am invariably late for appointments - sometimes as much as two hours. I've tried to change my ways but the things that make me late are too strong, and too pleasing."
(Person to whom this quote is attributed please)
5. "Better never than late"
(Person to whom this quote is attributed please)
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