Ephemeral Quotes

"Forever is composed of nows" "That it will never come again is what makes life so sweet" "The greater part of human activity is designed to make permanent those experiences and joys which are only lovable because they are changing." "Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every six months." "Time is not a thing thus nothing which is, and yet it remains constant in its passing away without being something temporal like the beings in time." "Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever." "Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one" "The flame that burns twice as bright burns half as long." "We are but a moment's sunlight fading in the grass" "My friend, let's not think of tomorrow, but let's enjoy this fleeting moment of life" "We the mortals touch the metals, the wind, the ocean shores, the stones, knowing they will go on, inert or burning, and I was discovering, naming all the things: it was my destiny to love and say goodbye." "The finest day I ever had was when tomorrow never came" "Life is just a party, and parties weren't meant to last" "Reader, memory inevitably fails you." "Let your life lightly dance on the edges of Time like dew on the tip of a leaf" "Dreams are lovely. But they are just dreams. Fleeting, ephemeral, pretty. But dreams do not come true just because you dream them. It's hard work that makes things happen. It's hard work that creates change" "Seizing the day, amidst its acceleration and decay" "I almost wish we were butterflies and liv'd but three summer days" "Clocks slay time time is dead as long as it is being clicked off by little wheels only when the clock stops does time come to life." "I give you the mausoleum of all hope and desire I give it to you not that you may remember time but that you might forget it now and then for a moment and not spend all your breath trying to conquer it."