Time Passing Slips Like Sand Quotes

“The tide of hope approaches us and recedes from us as we stand on the mortal shore - some of us wait for it to arrive, some chase after it, but we all vanish into the sunset and our footprints in the sand fade in time. The feet of infants replace ours, and the dance of the tide commences anew.”
― Stewart Stafford

“How could I known then that failure then that failure of ambition is like a long lingering death and that disappoint with your life never goes away? It only grows stronger with the passage of time as the clock ticks off the remaining days of your life, and any residual, hope slips like sand through arthritic fingers.”
― Peter May

“Whatever time is giving us, it will take everything back!”
― Mehmet Murat ildan

“I knew those were precious times, Mama. I knew they were going by too fast, everybody knows that. Where I went wrong is, I thought that would protect me, the fact that I knew. Knew and appreciated, felt for a minute, and now… I don’t know, something’s going on with time, it’s not passing the way it used to, and I hate it. Because you know it all comes down to is good-bye.”
― Patricia Gaffney, Mad Dash

“Stop using the excuse, "I need to find time". You think time will always be there, but you're wrong. You need to find time, before time finds you.”
― Max Hawthorne