" Each day lived," Richard said, "is one less of our limited number of days gone forever. Time therefore has relevance and meaning to us. Life is precious, so time is precious. Time is how we put value on things such as love. We give our most precious commodity, our time-a part of our lives-over to those we love. "

― Terry Goodkind , The Third Kingdom (Sword of Truth, #13; Richard and Kahlan, #2)