Tag:Existentialism
I am not so old now, but I understand that I am no longer young. It is very rare that I can see something without it reminding me of something else. A real treasure for me has been exposure to ideas that haven’t been reflections of something else.
Some things are more precious because they don’t last long. Oscar Wilde, “The Portrait of Dorian Grey”
No matter how careful you are, there’s going to be the sense you missed something, the collapsed feeling under your skin that you didn’t experience it all. There’s that fallen heart feeling that you rushed right through the moments where you should’ve been paying attention.. “Invisible Monsters”, Chuck Palahniuk
A greedy man once yearned for more, so the fool began to borrow.He ate and drank and told the bank, “I’ll pay the debt tomorrow.”But as both dolt and purse grew fat, the calendar grew thinner.The debt collector had enough and hungered for his dinner.The coward ran, with coin in hand, but come dawn, lost his breath.The fool was caught, ’twas all for naught, for the collector’s name was Death.
