“Life is but a day; A fragile dew-drop on its perilous way From a tree’s summit.” — John Keats Copy Share Image
Every great work of art ... is a celebration, an act of insubordination against the betrayals, horrors and infidelities of life. — Azar Nafisi Copy Share Image
Cities and Thrones and Powers Stand in Time's eye, Almost as long as flowers, Which daily die — Rudyard Kipling Copy Share Image
“I sometimes think about old tombs and weeds That interwreathe among the bones of kings With cold and poisonous berry and black… — Mervyn Peake Copy Share Image
Shakespeare, of course, makes us ever aware of transience, not only in the sonnets, but also powerfully in his plays - spectacles… — Martha Ronk Copy Share Image
“It is easy to make fleeting footprints in the snow; It is hard to make lasting marks in the stone. Shall I… — Shen Tao Copy Share Image
Friendships offer good practice in accepting the transience of experience and the persistence of feeling. — Stephanie Mills Copy Share Image
