The Water in the Wood
If the apocalypse already happened,
then the talk of the end of the world is a distraction from the world that already ended.
then the talk of the end of the world is a distraction from the world that already ended.
Allegra Preuss • The Water in the Wood
That is all we have, this moment with the world. It will not last, because nothing lasts. Entropy, mortality, extinction: the entire plan of the universe consists of losing, and no matter how much we find along the way, life amounts to a reverse savings account in which we are eventually robbed of everything. Our dreams and plans and jobs and knees... See more
Maria Popova • Losing Love, Finding Love, and Living with the Fragility of It All
Yes, a lost house itself is a tragedy, but there is an entire universe in the items inside, an entire universe in the single page of a book that drifts away while you’re running to catch a flight. There is an entire universe in a quote, an entire universe in interpretations of a book that begs for humanity to find a way to survive when our environm... See more
Hanif Abdurraqib • Lessons for the End of the World
If time is water then small actions reverberate - sometimes to distances I cannot see, maybe to a generation that I won’t meet.