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"To suspect your own mortality is to know the beginning of terror; to learn irrefutably that you are mortal is to know the end of terror." (Children of Dune)
by RangerScience 10y ago
"To suspect your own mortality is to know the beginning of terror; to learn irrefutably that you are mortal is to know the end of terror."
(Children of Dune)
- qznc 10y ago"Teach us to number our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom." (Psalm 90:12)
- Mz 10y agoBut if you make your peace with your own mortality at a relatively young age, it doesn't go over well to be too share-y about that with other people who haven't yet done the same. It doesn't convince them you are wise. It just apparently makes you scary as all hell. Or something.