not an aphorism, but true

Continuously, unnoticeably, at the rate of one second per second, the world turned from what it had been and into what it was to be.
-John Crowley, The Solitudes

forrest was wrong

Reality is like a fruitcake: Pretty enough to look at but with all sorts of nasty things lurking just beneath the surface.
-A. Lee Martinez, Gil's All Fright Diner