The following are all beautiful, sad modern or classical short sentences: Time flies like water, leaving only memories and loneliness. Love is like a dream. When you wake up, only loneliness and loneliness are left. Life is like a dream, time is like a song, leaving only memories and regrets. Love is like a sword stabbing the heart, leaving blood and tears. Five years had passed, and her beauty was haggard, leaving behind only memories and sadness. Love is like a journey. After experiencing the wind and rain, only ruins and sadness are left. Time flies, youth is fleeting, leaving only memories and regrets. Love is like a cup of coffee, bitter and hard to swallow, leaving only memories and loneliness. Time was like a song, life was like a painting, leaving only memories and sadness. Love is like a gamble. If you gamble in the wrong direction, only pain and disappointment will be left.