“And if there is not any such thing as a long time, nor the rest of your lives, nor from now on, but there is only now, why then now is the thing to praise and I am very happy with it.”
– Ernest Hemingway
“Man is free at the moment he wishes to be.” — Voltaire
We have only this moment, sparkling like a star in our hand… and melting like a snowflake. Let us use it before it is too late.- Marie Beynon Ray
“You must live in the present, launch yourself on every wave, find your eternity in each moment. Fools stand on their island opportunities and look toward another land. There is no other land, there is no other life but this.” — Henry David Thoreau
“Life is all memory, except for the one present moment that goes by you so quickly you hardly catch it going” — Tennessee Williams
“We must not allow the clock and the calendar to blind us to the fact that each moment of life is a miracle and mystery. — H. G. Wells
The other day a man asked me what I thought was the best time of life. “Why,” I answered without a thought, “now.” — David Grayson
Don’t worry, darlin’
No baby, don’t you fret
We’re livin’ in the future
And none of this has happened yet
— Bruce Springsteen
Sing for the day sing for the moment
Sing for the time of your life
Come for an hour stay for a moment
Stay for the rest of your life
— “Sing for the Day”, Styx, (Tommy Shaw)
It only takes a moment
For your eyes to meet and then
Your heart knows in a moment
You will never be alone again
I held her for an instant
But my arms felt sure and strong
It only takes a moment
To be loved a whole life long…
And that is all that love’s about
And we’ll recall when time runs out
That it only took a moment
To be loved a whole life long!
— “It Only Takes a Moment” from Hello Dolly, Jerry Herman
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