Quotes About Permanence

Today Relative to Yesterday or Tomorrow The future is made of the same stuff as the present.

To say that my grief will be eternal would be ridiculous - nothing is eternal.

I remember my youth and the feeling that will never come back any more - the feeling that I could last forever, outlast the sea, the earth, and all men.

Život je neshvatljivo ?udo, jer se neprestano troši i osipa, a ipak traje i stoji ?vrtso- kao na Drini ?uprija.

A most je i dalje stajao, onakav kakav je oduvek bio, sa svojom ve?itom mladoš?u savršene zamisli i dobrih i velikih ljudskih dela koja ne znaju šta je starenje ni promena i koja, bar tako izgleda, ne dele sudbinu prolaznih stvari ovoga sveta.

Tako su se obnavljali naraštaji pored mosta, a on je kao prašinu stresao sa sebe sve tragove koje su na njemu ostavljale prolazne ljudske ?udi ili potrebe, i ostajao je posle svega nepromenljiv.

Avlija živi sama, za sebe, sa stotinu promena i uvek ista.

Je mehr sich die Dinge ändern, desto mehr bleibt alles beim alten.

So shalt thou feed on Death, that feeds on men, And Death once dead, there's no more dying then. —WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

That was the thing about life. Habit and routine made things feel permanent, but that was all an illusion based on the very flimsy foundation of repetition. Change and chaos was a far better bet to put your faith in. At least you would never be surprised when things went tits up.

The past is safe because it is indelible.

We are, like fine bourbon, a different product at the end—and there is a sacrifice involved: We are made of the same core elements we were at first constructed of, but we are never the same afterward. We are permanently altered. If we are lucky and we are smart and we are freed at the right time, we are improved. If we aged too long, we are ruined forever. Timing, like fate, is everything.

The dead were immortal in the souls of those they left behind, and the payment for that permanence was pain.

We are made of the same core elements we were at first constructed of, but we are never the same afterward. We are permanently altered. If we are lucky and we are smart and we are freed at the right time, we are improved. If we are aged too long, we are ruined forever. Timing, like fate, is everything.

Habit and routine made things feel permanent, but that was all an illusion based on the very flimsy foundation of repetition. Change and chaos was a far better bet to put your faith in.

Everything is all right forever and forever and forever.

Twitter does have an effect on everything - things you put out there, they are out there for good.

There's something magical about film, it's the ultimate for me, because it's kind of permanent - inasmuch as anything is. When I went to see Buster Keaton when I was about 14 and I came out of the cinema having really laughed at this film which had been made 50 years before, I thought: That's immortality. It's fantastic.

Even the finest sword plunged into salt water will eventually rust.

The secret to having a good marriage is to understand that marriage must be total, it must be permanent, and it must be equal.

Love is eternal, the aspect may change, but not the essence.

Tattoo on the lower back? Might as well be a bullseye.

Colors fade, temples crumble, empires fall, but wise words endure.

As if you could kill time without injuring eternity.