C. W. Gortner

“Impermanence can also be a gift. Create nothing lasting. Leave nothing behind. Live for the present. In beauty, until it ends." Jacques exhaled smoke thoughtfully. "In Latin, cadere means to fall: It's the root of 'decadent.' Not as we think of the word now, but a beautiful way to fall. A slow fall, willingly. Like fashion. It never lasts, but for the time it's there, the beauty of it is something we'd die for, though we can never hold on to it.”
― C. W. Gortner