Quotes About Moment

There is never," Kristy said adamantly, "a time or place for true love. It happens accidentally, in a heartbeat, in a single flashing, throbbing moment.

that music is a total constant. That's why we have such a strong visceral connection to it, you know? Because a song can take you back instantly to a moment, or a place, or even a person. No matter what else has changed in you or the world, that one song stays the same, just like that moment.

The truth about forever is that it is happening right now.

Life's short, you know?" [...] But, suddenly, in that moment, it was like I could feel [Abe]. Sitting in the very seat where I was, riding along with us. Maybe he's been there the whole time.

If only I'd been able to just tell him everything else, as well. But you can't always get the perfect moment. Sometimes, you just have to do the best you can, under the circumstances.

When I meet you, in that moment, I am no longer a part of your future. I start quickly becoming part of your past. But in that instant, I get to share a part of your present. And you get to share a part of mine. And that is the greatest present of all.

My existence shrank from an arrow of light pointing into the future forever to a speck of light that was the present moment. I got better at living in that point of light, making the world into that point. I paid close attention to it. I loved it very much.

Am I actually smiling at Penny? I am. I am smiling at Penny.

The hour that burst the spirit's sleep...

Many common lies and hypocrisies are like that, just out of the harmony of the moment.

Some powerful magnificence not human in other words, seemed under me. And it was the same mild pink colour, like the water of a watermelon, that did it. At once I recognised the importance of this, as throughout my life I had known these moments when the dumb begin to speak, when I hear the voices of objects and colours; then the physical universe starts to wrinkle and change and heave and rise and smooth, so it seems even the dogs have to lean against a tree, shivering.

Whatever one may say, the happiest moment of the happy man is the moment of his falling asleep, and the unhappiest moment of the unhappy man is that of his awaking.

People are more influenced by the direction of things than the current state.

Each of us faces a choice every moment of every day. When we choose God—his laws, his wills, and his way—we choose life. And when we choose ourselves—our laws, our wills, our way—we choose death.

Sometimes, all it takes is a few words to change your life.

It was thrilling, wasn't it? [...] That moment, that perfect moment you let go of your rigid concepts of what was possible. When there was nothing left to do but step beyond anything you'd learned before...when you stopped being a poor mimic and became a master of the mind. How did that feel? Empowering.

But in the moment, how can you turn away when Someday can suddenly be real?

Come on, it's almost midnight. Let's go watch them cut the cake.

I took a rant-sized breath.

What dazzles is a Momentary act: What's true is left for posterity, intact.

Verweile doch! Du bist so Schön!

Si a un instante le digo alguna vez: -Detente, eres tan bello-, puedes atarme entonces con cadenas y acepto hundirme entonces de buen grado; puede doblar entonces la campana, y libre quedarás de mi servicio: ¡párese allí el reloj con sus agujas! ¡Puede acabar el tiempo para mí!

It is hard to write, not, as might be expected, for reasons of metre or scholarship or elaborate symbolism, but because the actual writing depends almost entirely on the chance, the mood, the energy, of the moment.

And why should I feel ashamed in that dreadful moment when my entire self trembles on the edge of being and not-being