“How is it possible for the beauty that was there only minutes before to vanish so quickly?”

“When we meet someone and fall in love, we have a sense that the whole universe is on our side. And yet if something goes wrong, there is nothing left! How is it possible for the beauty that was there only minutes before to vanish so quickly? Life moves very fast. It rushes from heaven to hell in a matter of seconds.”

“Fifty years," I hackneyed, "is a long time.""Not when you're looking back at them," she said. "You wonder how they vanished so quickly.”

“How was it possible for the world to be so beautiful and so cruel at the same time?”

“Awww... and so it is... Beauty fades away but while you have it, use it well, wear it well. It is a treasure to be spent quickly before the magic spell is broken...”

“How beautiful that is!" said Laurie softly, for he was quick to see and feel beauty of any kind.”