Although it's a long time on the road, it is on the road and coming. I tell thee it never retreats, and never stops.
Source: (Mme Defarge) A Tale of Two Cities, Bk. ii. Ch. 16
-- Charles Dickens, (Feb 7 1812-1870), English novelist, dramatist; He was one of most prolific and popular English novelists, e.g., A Christmas Carol, 1843 & Tale of Two Cities, 1859.