...nothing wonderful lasted forever. Joy was as fleeting as a shooting star that crossed the evening sky, ready to blink out at any moment.

By Nicholas Sparks

Never fall in love with stargazers – always with accelerated affection. Their love disappears in the blink of an eye like a shooting star.

By RSCruz

The sprint is like life ... blink and you miss it.

By Steve Backley

Something like another wave of despair crashes into me. "I'm so heavy." I blink and a tear slides down my cheek.

By Jolene Perry, Stronger Than You Know

The tears stream down my cheeks from my unblinking eyes. What makes me weep so? There is nothing saddening here. Perhaps it is liquefied brain.

By Samuel Beckett

The night is the blink of a day

By Jaime Tenorio Valenzuela

The Moon is always there. A half blink of shadow, a crescent of an eyelash, opulent in fullness, spellbound in nothingness, and a friend.

By Carolyn Riker