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Quotes About Fleeting

All that remains of me now is a rumour of beauty.
~ Sebastian Barry
Some friendships though, even strong and interesting ones, seem to have quite a short term, and cannot be prolonged.
~ Sebastian Barry
Waren sie nicht alle Reisende, die wussten, dass die eigene Existenz im Angesicht des Universums so flüchtig war wie ein Boxenstopp an der Autobahn?
~ Sebastian Fitzek
We need everything perfect in a rather temporary life...
~ Self
Time is something of an enemy" she opined, "for us mortals. And yet I love it" - she fluttered her fingers in the air - "I love this moment, and it's a child of time.
~ Sena Jeter Naslund
Sports life is very short.
~ Sergei Bubka
Abans que nasquem, hi ha un abisme. Després de morts, hi ha un abisme. La mostra vida és només un gra de sorra a l'oceà indiferent de la infinitud. Intentem almenys que aquest instant no s'enfosqueixi de tristor i d'avorriment! Intentem deixar una esgarrapada a l'escorça terrestre." La maleta, Sergei Dovlatov
~ Sergei Dovlatov
One day you will hear the sound of time rustling as it slips through your fingers like sand. Remember me then. I wish you luck.
~ Sergei Lukyanenko
Hug your children...Kiss your mothers and fathers, your brothers and sisters. Tell them how much you love them, every day. Because every day is the last day. Every light casts a shadow. And only the gods know when the darkness will find us.
~ Seth Grahame-Smith
Funny to get so close...only to have him ripped away again.
~ Seth Grahame-Smith
Don't worry if you're having a hard time following this oversimplified explanation of physics' most challenging problem. For most of us, understanding special relativity is a little like true love: We should consider ourselves lucky if we can grasp hold of it for even one fleeting moment.
~ Seth Mnookin
Yes, you can lose somebody overnight, yes, your whole life can be turned upside down. Life is short. It can come and go like a feather in the wind.
~ Shania Twain
All that may be wished for, will by nature fade to nothing.
~ Shantideva
how can you love a little cat so much in such a short short time?
~ Sharon Creech
Le parole mi turbinano intorno da sempre come fiocchi di neve, tutte delicate e diverse, e tutte mi si sciolgono in mano prima che le tocchi.
~ Sharon M. Draper
I am glad not to have lost him entirely, but to see him moved at the whim of the sky, like a man in the wind
~ Sharon Olds
There is a time in late September when the leaves are still green, and the days are still warm, but somehow you know that it is all about to end, as if summer was holding its breath, and when it let it out again, it would be autumn.
~ Sharyn McCrumb
We're here for such a short amount of time. Why do we spend any of it building sandcastles?
~ Nick Hornby
Time is the thief you cannot banish.
~ Phyllis McGinley
Man's pleasure is a short time growing And it falls to the ground As quickly.
~ Pindar
Winged time glides on insensibly, and deceive us; and there is nothing more fleeting than years.
~ Ovid
Is childhood ever long enough, or a happy time, or even a beautiful summer day? All of these carry the seeds of the same fierce mystery that we call death.
~ Eugene Kennedy
Some people are like popular songs that you only sing for a short time.
~ Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Times of luxury do not last long, but pass away very quickly; nothing in this world can be long enjoyed.
~ Gautama Buddha