And a moment that ought to have lasted for ever Has come…

And now the moment. Such a moment has a peculiar character. It is brief and temporal indeed, like every moment; it is transient as…

— Zadie Smith

“Let him assume that the first ardours of his conversion might have been expected to last, and ought to have lasted, forever, and that…

— C.S. Lewis

“All I knew now was that nothing lasted forever, not even a friendship, and that being "different" felt the same as being alone.”

— Lauren Myracle

The truth of the matter is that I have lasted a long time, and with it comes both good and bad things. One of…

— Harold Prince

As a result, I had to get my own playground which was my band Colours. This band lasted for about eight years and then…

— Eberhard Weber

I have three friendships that have lasted a long time, but everybody else has come and gone.

— Alexa Vega

There was a period of time that I got rather big-headed. It lasted about three weeks.

— David Essex

Sometimes,” he said after a second that lasted a million years, “things get broken. And they can’t be fixed.

— Megan Hart

I told the caterer I'd work for nothing if he'd teach me about catering. I lasted one week full-time. It was exhausting.

— Diane Mott Davidson

“Like many people who lasted any length of time in the rescue professions, she'd worn out the 'if' factor pretty quickly. You were where…

— Nevada Barr

“It can't last forever. Others have thought such things, in bad times before this, and they were always right, they did get out one…

— Margaret Atwood

The battle, if you could call it that, lasted no more than a few seconds.

— John Flanagan

Forever can never be forever, cause if forever was forever we would have, Lasted.

— Mercedes Rose Negrete

IT WAS GOOD WHILE IT LASTED BUT WHEN ITS DEAD LET IT GO PUT IT IN THE CASKET

— Fabolous

...nothing wonderful lasted forever. Joy was as fleeting as a shooting star that crossed the evening sky, ready to blink out at any moment.

— Nicholas Sparks