Disappearing Quotes

The generation which lived through the Second World War is disappearing. Post-war generations see Europe's great achievements - liberty, peace and prosperity - as a given.

Sending a handwritten letter is becoming such an anomaly. It's disappearing. My mom is the only one who still writes me letters. And there's something visceral about opening a letter - I see her on the page. I see her in her handwriting.

It is bitter to think of one's best years disappearing in this unpolished country.

We live in a moment of history where change is so speeded up that we begin to see the present only when it is already disappearing.

For disappearing acts, it's hard to beat what happens to the eight hours supposedly left after eight of sleep and eight of work.