Let us treasure up in our soul some of those things which are permanent..., not of those which will forsake us and be destroyed, and which only tickle our senses for a little while. Gregory of Nazianzus
There was an immeasurable distance between the quick and the dead: they did not seem to belong to the same species; and it was strange to think that but a little while before they had spoken and moved and eaten and laughed. W. Somerset Maugham
If you'd listen, even for a little while I'd be pleased Remember, once more we were born into this world crying. Your dreams and hopes for tomorrow are all in this world. Ayumi Hamasaki
Bury me on my face," said Diogenes; and when he was asked why, he replied, "Because in a little while everything will be turned upside down. Diogenes Laërtius
Even hooligans marry, though they know that marriage is for a little while. It is alimony that is for ever. Quentin Crisp
We come and go, but the land is always here. And the people who love it and understand it are the people who own it - for a little while. Willa Cather