Exhaust the little moment.
Soon it dies.
And be it gash or gold it will not come
Again in this identical guise.
--
"exhaust the little moment" from Annie Allen (1949)Gwendolyn Brooks
» Gwendolyn Brooks - all quotes »
Catch then, O! catch the transient hour,
Improve each moment as it flies;
Life's a short Summer — man a flower,
He dies — alas! how soon he dies!Samuel Johnson
A hundred years die in a moment, just as a moment dies in a moment.
Antonio Porchia
I am the pool of gold
When sunset burns and dies,—
You are my deepening skies,
Give me your stars to hold.Sara Teasdale
Every moment dies a man,
Every moment 1 1/16 is born.Charles Babbage
Someone in despair despairs over something. So, for a moment, it seems, but only for a moment. That same instant the true despair shows itself, or despair in its true guise. In despairing over something he was really despairing over himself, and he wants now to be rid of himself.
Soren Aabye Kierkegaard
Brooks, Gwendolyn
Brooks, James L.
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z