#evanescent

We emphasize that such a form of communication is not absent in man, however evanescent a naturally given object may be for him, split as it is in its submission to symbols. ↗

— Jacques Lacan

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Human life is as evanescent as the morning dew or a flash of lightning. ↗

— Samuel Butler

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The actor's popularity is evanescent; applauded today, forgotten tomorrow. ↗

— Harrison Ford

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If people want to be better writers, they can't just read the blogs! You've got to look at something that's outside this rushing world of evanescent words. ↗

— Camille Paglia

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I think the suicides in my first book came from the idea of growing up in Detroit. If you grow up in a city like that you feel everything is perishing, evanescent and going away very quickly. ↗

— Jeffrey Eugenides

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