“Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow, creeps in this petty pace from day to day, to the last syllable of recorded time.”
Permalink: William Shakespeare
About this quote
Macbeth hears the news of his wife's death through a messenger while preparing for the final battle. The repetition of tomorrow is the stage rhythm of the line, and it is used to describe the way a life is consumed by small, ordinary days.
Source: Macbeth, Act V Scene V