Ruth Ozeki Quotes

Robert, you are just a transient. I have seen them come and I have seen them go and I’ll be here long after you have gone.

Ephemeral should be the default.

What I do and what I record only work for the moment.

No blessing lasts forever.

Nothing very very good and nothing very very bad ever lasts for very very long.

A trend is exactly that, and it's going to disappear.

This is a precious moment, but it is transient. It is a little parenthesis in eternity.

I call Washington 'the city of the perishable.'

Everything is temporary. Everything is bound to end.

All things are only transitory.

Beauty is a precious trace that eternity causes to appear to us and that it takes away from us. A manifestation of eternity, and a sign of death as well.

A golf course is the epitome of all that is purely transitory in the universe; a space not to dwell in, but to get over as quickly as possible.

The story of life is quicker than the blink of an eye, the story of love is hello, goodbye.

I should never impose an image forever. I like how ephemeral it can be.

That's kind of just the nature of our business, is that you're really putting a lot of energy and time and care into something that isn't necessarily going to last forever.

I think everything is temporary.

The fame game's fun, but it's not forever.

Everything is transient. Everything is constantly changing. The only thing we have is now.

- DON’T WORRY, IT WON’T BE FOREVER. - Good. - IT MAY SEEM LIKE FOREVER.

"No" is just a moment in time.

Words writ in waters.

I'm not asking for forever, Tamani said. Yet. I'm just asking for a moment.

I don't want to say temporary, because temporary is such a trendy word.

Ephemeral" It means 'which is in danger of speedy disappearance.

Nothing lasts forever