Ursula K. Le Guin, “Leaves”
Years do odd things to identity. https://t.co/x60duIiY6E
Ursula K. Le Guin, “Leaves” Years do odd things to identity. https://t.co/x60duIiY6E
The thing about time was that no matter how Violet had changed on the outside, on the inside she had remained every age she ever was.
Deborah Reed • Pale Morning Light With Violet Swan
It’s so strange how we’re able to carry forward this mystery of personal identity even when our present selves are so different from our future selves and from our past selves most of all. I think a lot about this question of, what is a person? Am I the same person as my childhood self? Sure, we share the same body, but even that body is so... See more
Maria Popova • Maria Popova — Cartographer of Meaning in a Digital Age
I wonder how long it takes for blood to forget where it comes from, and what it becomes after that.