"This too shall pass."
— Old proverb of Persian origin
"Every world has its end. I know that's kind of sad, but that's why we gotta live life to the fullest in the time we have. At least, that's what I figure."
"A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved, except in memory. LLAPnote "
"Don’t cry because it's over. Smile because it happened."
"A thing isn't beautiful because it lasts."
— Vision, Avengers: Age of Ultron
"Cherish what you have, [Main Character's name]. No one knows what might happen next. What we take for granted may be gone in the future. Enjoy every moment, don't leave any regrets. Just be like hernote ."
— Raiden Mei to the Main Character on her S-rating dialogue in "A Post-Honkai Odyssey", Honkai Impact 3rd
Rakka: I wish tomorrow would never come.
Reki: Where did that come from, all of the sudden?
Rakka: I wish the day after today was today. And the next day, and the next day, too. I wish it was always today. Then I'd be able to be with you forever.
Reki: There is no such thing as forever. Everything ends sooner or later. Just as it should. Because now is only now. And this moment...is so precious.
Reki: Where did that come from, all of the sudden?
Rakka: I wish the day after today was today. And the next day, and the next day, too. I wish it was always today. Then I'd be able to be with you forever.
Reki: There is no such thing as forever. Everything ends sooner or later. Just as it should. Because now is only now. And this moment...is so precious.
"Who chooses their fate? Who asks to be born into the times that are theirs?"
"Well, who accepts the world only as it comes to them?"
"Well, who accepts the world only as it comes to them?"
"If we lived forever, maybe we'd have time to understand things. But as it is, I think the best we can do is try to open our eyes and appreciate how strange and brief all of this is."
— Edith, What Remains of Edith Finch
"Do not lose time on daily trivialities. Do not dwell on petty detail. For all of these things melt away and drift apart within the obscure traffic of time. Live well and live broadly. You are alive and living now. Now is the envy of all of the dead."
— Emily Clone, World of Tomorrow
Arepo: Tell me again. What sort of god are you?
The god: I— I'm of the fallen leaves. The worms that churn beneath the earth. The boundary of forest and of field. The first hint of frost before the first snow falls. The skin of an apple as it yields beneath your teeth. I am the god of a dozen different nothings. The petals in bloom that lead to rot, the momentary glimpses. A change in the air— Before it's gone.
Arepo: Beautiful. All of them. They were all so beautiful.
The god: I— I'm of the fallen leaves. The worms that churn beneath the earth. The boundary of forest and of field. The first hint of frost before the first snow falls. The skin of an apple as it yields beneath your teeth. I am the god of a dozen different nothings. The petals in bloom that lead to rot, the momentary glimpses. A change in the air— Before it's gone.
Arepo: Beautiful. All of them. They were all so beautiful.
We'll all be forgotten, there's no endless fame
But everything we do, it's never in vain
But everything we do, it's never in vain
—"Never-Ending Story", Within Temptation
"Fine art is the beauty of that single fleeting moment of explosion."
—Deidara, Naruto taking the trope to its (il)logical extreme.
