Fragments
Time didn't slip away from him, as he didn't understand what time, or more accurately, youth, actually was. Youth is not innocent childhood, carefree adolescence, energetic early adulthood. Youth is a process, sometimes earned, enjoyed only by those both lucky and attentive.
All the times he thought the future would bring something greater, he was in fact living in the best time.
Nobody wins, they just lose less.
There is no total light, but there is total darkness.