How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #1
So who was the worst fool, then—herself at fifteen full of plans and fire, or the woman of thirty-seven who had given up making any plans? (2.99)
Has Connie really given up making plans? Her visions suggest either that she's imagining the future or that she's still receptive to it. Either way, the fifteen year old and the thirty-seven year old aren't so different; past and future are similar in that both are looking to the future.
Quote #2
Claud made love as if he had all the time in the world. He might not like it for a week, he might disappear, he might feel too low and mean. But when he came to it, he took his sweet time. (6.13)
The people of Mattapoisett also seem to have more time; even Jackrabbit, who's always in a hurry, has time to enjoy his hurry. The future isn't just removed in time, but it has a different, more fulfilling approach to time—one that was shared by Claud, in Connie's past.
Quote #3
This rotten place, it gave her nothing to do and too much time to do it in. Here she was brooding on Claud again. She couldn't take it. Remembering him just cut her to bleeding hunks. Dead. (6.15)
The asylum's time is slow too, but not a good slow. Instead of having all the time to do what you want, there's tons of time and nothing to do. Maybe "utopia" is when you use time, rather than the other way around.