Phyllis McGinley Quotes

Time is the subtle thief of youth.

We tried not to age, but time had its rage.

We can change everything but we can't stop time.

You can't halt time.

Time takes it all, whether you want it to or not.

All the tragedies which we can imagine return in the end to the one and only tragedy: the passage of time.

Time is the most subtle yet the most insatiable of depredators, and by appearing to take nothing is permitted to take all; nor can it be satisfied until it has stolen the world from us, and us from the world. It constantly flies, yet overcomes all things by flight; and although it is the present ally, it will be the future conqueror of death.

We tried not to age, but time had its rage.

Time takes all and gives all.

Time stays, we go.

It is useless to contend with the irresistible power of Time, which goes on continually creating by a process of constant destruction.

Time destroys everything.

Time is not kind to everything.

Time marks us while we are marking time.

Time flies over us, but leaves its shadow behind.

Time is the devourer of all things.

Dust, in the end, settles on everything.

Time moves on for everyone.

Time is the rider that breaks youth.

Alas! the fleeting years, how they roll on!

Gather kittens while you may, Time brings only sorrow; And the kittens of today; Will be old cats tomorrow.

Years go, dreams go, and youth goes too, The world's heart breaks beneath its wars,All things are changed, save in the east,The faithful beauty of the stars.

Time bears away all things.

What an unreliable thing is time--when I want it to fly, the hours stick to me like glue. And what a changeable thing, too. Time is the twine to tie our lives into parcels of years and months. Or a rubber band stretched to suit our fancy. Time can be the pretty ribbon in a little girl's hair. Or the lines in your face, stealing your youthful colour and your hair. .... But in the end, time is a noose around the neck, strangling slowly.

No. The universe has to move forward. Pain and loss, they define us as much as happiness or love. Whether it's a world, or a relationship... Everything has its time. And everything ends.