Has it ever struck you that life is all memory, except for the one present moment that goes by you so quick you hardly catch it going? Tennessee Williams, The Milk Train Doesn't Stop Here Anymore

 “We all live in a house on fire, no fire department to call; no way out, just the upstairs window to look out of while the fire burns the house down with us trapped, locked in it.”
― Tennessee Williams, The Milk Train Doesn't Stop Here Anymore