“Things that have form will all disappear. But certain feelings stay with us forever.”
Source: South of the Border, West of the Sun
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Haruki Murakami655
Japanese author, novelist 1949Related quotes
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Variant: Hajime," she began, "the sad truth is that some things can't go backwards. Once they start going forward, no matter what you do, they can't go back to the way they were. If one little thing goes awry, then that's how it will stay forever.
Source: South of the Border, West of the Sun
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Song lyrics
“And death, and time shall disappear,—
Forever there, but never here!”
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow The Old Clock on the Stairs
The Old Clock on the Stairs, st. 9 (1845).
Context: Never here, forever there,
Where all parting, pain, and care,
And death, and time shall disappear,—
Forever there, but never here!
The horologe of Eternity
Sayeth this incessantly,—
"Forever — never!
Never — forever!"