I watched, smiling, knowing how fleeting these moments when they are small are.

我微笑的看着这一切，我知道这个时刻是多么的短暂。

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I think your current condition is evidence of how fleeting friendships can be.

我想你现在的状况很好的说明了友谊不过是浮云。

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1John3:18 How fleeting to think that love can be expressed by merewords. How vain!

如果以为爱可以在言语和舌头上就能表达出来，那是多么的浅薄，多么的空虚！

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We see an aging parent wither under a long illness, or we lose a daughter or a husband in Afghanistan, we watch a gunman open fire in a supermarket -- and we remember how fleeting life can be.

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The clerk, instead of rolling his eyes at the man next in line, could have asked himself why this woman was so bitterly complaining, after which one simple open-ended question might have opened up a fruitful conversation, not to mention the creation of a genuine human relationship, no matter how fleeting.

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The scene that resonated most strongly with me was the one in which the kind-hearted neighbor, Larry, learns how fleeting that feeling of having the latest and greatest (in his case, a shiny red new sports car) can wear off when someone rounds the corner in an even shinier and newer coupe.

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