Christian

“They’re living in denial of the fact that their time is limited; so when it comes to deciding how to use any given portion of that time, nothing can genuinely be at stake for them. It is by consciously confronting the certainty of death, and what follows from the certainty of death, that we finally become truly present for our lives.”
― Oliver Burkeman, Four Thousand Weeks: Time and How to Use It

“You only ever get to feel certain about the future once it’s already turned into the past.”
― Oliver Burkeman, Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals

“Allow me to tell you what is inevitable. What is inevitable is that Life will pay Nina a visit too. She may be as sober as St. Augustine, but she is too alert and too vibrant for Life to let her shake a hand and walk off alone. Life will follow her in a taxi. It will bump into her by chance. It will work its way into her affections. And to do so, it will beg, barter, collude, and if necessary, resort to chicanery.”
― Amor Towles, A Gentleman in Moscow