Rat race

“What if the constellations no longer held?
[...] Would it not cause one to scrutinize the totality of one's surroundings carefully? Would it not terrify?”
― J.J. Abrams, S. Ship of Theseus.

“...story is a fragile and ephemeral thing on its own, a thing that is easily effaced or disappeared or destroyed, and it is worth preserving.”
― Doug Dorst, S.

“Finally, the day of our meeting crawls into the light and then takes a year to drag itself to the afternoon.”
― Sally Green, Half Bad

“What begins at the water shall end there, and what ends there shall once more begin. Words are a gift to the dead and a warning to the living.”
― Doug Dorst, S.