Everything in this life is continually…

Everything in this life is continually flying before us.Shadow and light are blended; after a dazzling comes an eclipse; every event is a turn in the road, and all at once you are old.You feel something like a shock, all is black, you distinguish an obscure door, and the gloomy horse of life which dragged you, stops, and you see a veiled, unknown form unharnessing it.

Les Miserables by Victor Hugo