Nothing Ever Stops Existing
The universe is in constant change from the smallest measures to the greatest. To cling to one state of being over any others is foolish and futile and doomed. That which we encountered, we studied, often to destruction. That which we touched, we changed. Nothing within our reach escaped our influence.
James S. A. Corey • The Mercy of Gods (The Captive's War Book 1)
There is no heaven for newthings. There is no Hall of Fame. There is only memory and change. Nothing (the opposite of newthing) and no one are immune.
The goal of newthing is to live as long as possible while staying true. The longer it does this, the stronger and more itself it will become.
The goal of newthing is to live as long as possible while staying true. The longer it does this, the stronger and more itself it will become.
“Let’s look at one sentence on page ninety-four of this very entertaining introduction to Zen that I had you read this week. ‘Everything that comes together falls apart,’” the Old Man said. “Everything. The chair I’m sitting on. It was built, and so it will fall apart. I’m gonna fall apart, probably before this chair. And you’re gonna fall apart. T
... See moreJohn Green • Looking for Alaska
“Gods die. And when they truly die they are unmourned and unremembered. Ideas are more difficult to kill than people, but they can be killed, in the end.”