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How can I say this sentence more properly? Suppose I am with my girlfriend, and I say

"I want my whole life to be submerged in this particular moment".

I don't think that submerged is the right word. What I want to say is that I want my whole life to be in this particular moment that I am with my girlfriend. Can any one construct this sentence so that it sounds pleasant and correct?

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  • Hello jade, I suggest you to say that sentence with soft music in the background, but you should not be too sincere.
    – user19148
    Oct 7, 2012 at 20:59
  • @Carlo_R. nice one man :)
    – iJade
    Oct 7, 2012 at 21:00
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    I believe the more common phrasing is: I wish we could stay like this forever.
    – Jim
    Oct 7, 2012 at 22:56
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    How about "I'd love to {capture/freeze/fossilize} this moment in amber and wear it on a chain around my neck"?
    – user21497
    Oct 7, 2012 at 23:23
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    @BillFranke She might take him up on it: Werd ich zum Augenblicke sagen: / Verweile doch! du bist so schön! / Dann magst du mich in Fesseln schlagen.
    – StoneyB on hiatus
    Oct 8, 2012 at 4:34

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Immersed is a possibility; immerse has sense “To involve deeply [eg] The sculptor immersed himself in anatomic studies”. “I want my whole life to be immersed in this moment.”

Also, quintessence (“A thing that is the most perfect example of its type; the most perfect embodiment of something; ... The essence in a thing that is its purest and most concentrated form”) may be relevant, as in “I want this moment to be the quintessence of my life”. Either of these examples (with immersed or quintessence) sound well enough, but whether they are sensible things to say is another issue. For one thing, it isn't clear what it means for a life to be immersed, or submerged, or quintessentially found, in a moment. For another, the subtext to “I want X to be Y” is “but it isn’t Y”. Perhaps drop the “I want” part.

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  • why do u think its not sensible to say so?
    – iJade
    Oct 7, 2012 at 21:01
  • @jade, see added sentences in answer.
    – James Waldby - jwpat7
    Oct 7, 2012 at 21:15
  • u mean "This moment is the quintessence of my life"
    – iJade
    Oct 7, 2012 at 21:18
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The word you're looking for is subsumed.

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  • +1, 'subsumed' is a credible word, but 'immersed', suggested by jwpat7, has the right nuance in that romantic context.
    – user19148
    Oct 8, 2012 at 8:19

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