"Of course there would be. Do not numbers exist without us having to know math? There are two cups on the table full of coffee, and two men sitting at one booth. Without us saying that mathematics exist, this would be a fact, or ... an interpretation. And so time would exist forward, here, and back, in one block. Or, at least that's what I believe. It would be boring living in a second. I can't imagine a second having any kind of sense of style as far as decorum goes--flighty, fickle, and cool and quick to go as a drop of april snow, as they are."
He suddenly felt hungry. How much money did he have in his pockets? He began rifling around in them with both of his hands, in each pocket, at the same time.