“your life can change in an instant. that instant can last forever.”

“Life changes in the instant. The ordinary instant.”

Joan Didion The Year of Magical Thinking

“No one could say how long that life would last. Whatever has form can disappear in an instant.”

Haruki Murakami book South of the Border, West of the Sun

“In the instant their lips first met, there was a flicker of something almost electrical that made him believe the feeling would last forever.”

Nicholas Sparks book The Guardian

“Life changes fast. Life changes in the instant. You sit down to dinner and life as you know it ends.”

Joan Didion (1934) American writer

“One does not surrender a life in an instant. That which is lifelong can only be surrendered in a lifetime.”

Elisabeth Elliot (1926–2015) American missionary

“That's the thing about life; everything feels so permanent, but you can disappear in an instant.”

Jonathan Tropper (1970) American writer

“A photograph can be an instant of life captured for eternity that will never cease looking back at you.”

Brigitte Bardot (1934) French model, actor, singer and animal rights activist

“Using the power of decision gives you the capacity to get past any excuse to change any and every part of your life in an instant.”

Anthony Robbins (1960) Author, actor, professional speaker

“How can a society that exists on instant mashed potatoes, packaged cake mixes, frozen dinners, and instant cameras teach patience to its young?”

Paul Sweeney (1989) Scottish politician