/əˈfɛmərəl/ synonyms:
temporary, transitory, fleeting, evanescent, momentary, short-lived, volatile
TAKE NOTICE of those ephemeral moments.
BY DEFINITION, they don't last, but i'm sure you can find a way to capture it in a glass jar, on paper, through film, with memories.
Eva Mae, 21
— New York Times, September 5, 2011.
I sometimes hate how much truth there is to this sentence.