Quotes About Existence

Sorrow is the price of love in a world where nothing lasts. Isn't it?" He smiled back at her fondly. "Yes. Yes, I suppose it is." "Without love and sorrow we're just objects in space," said Molly. Winter was surprised by a surge of emotion. He pressed his lips together.

Meaning is above nature—it is supernatural—because it is the idea that nature expresses.

Creation is a fractal: it is metaphors all the way down. The three-part Logos creates man, man creates metaphors for reality, reality is a metaphor for the Logos.

Creation is not abandoned by God, it is not godless, for apart from God it would not be at all; it is not deprived of grace for it owes its existence to grace. Rather, creation is graced, it is holy; in creation God may be encountered.

It seemed that all the time in the world had passed, and that none had passed at all.

Annihilating all that's madeTo a green thought in a green shade.

But at my back I always hearTime's winged chariot hurrying near;And yonder all before us lieDeserts of vast eternity.

But at my back I always hear Time's wingèd chariot hurrying near

But at my back I always hear Time's wingèd chariot hurrying near; And yonder all before us lie Deserts of vast eternity.

Like the vain curlings of the watery maze, Which in smooth streams a sinking weight does raise, So Man, declining always, disappears In the weak circles of increasing years; And his short tumults of themselves compose, While flowing Time above his head does close.

I left the warehouse at 8.00am. I don't believe in 8.00am. It exists, though. 8.00am is incontrovertible evidence that evil dwells in the world.

incomprehensible subjects of space, eternity, life and death.

I'd point out that by that logic, every living thing that manages to be born is a miracle—and if we're all miracles, then nobody is, because the word has lost its meaning. Life works or it doesn't.

We accept the reality of the world with which we are presented

You are a human being. And that's and unstable condition that ends badly for all of us.

And this is the only really startling thing about the evil of the world: not that so much of it exists, but that nobody ever really expects it.

Though it's with you at every moment, it's always something of a surprise to discover that you can be at once alive and alone.

Man that is born of a woman hath but a short time to live, and is full of misery.

In fact, I didn't really want to have final words at all, unless they involved something like, "At last, I have transcended beyond the boundaries of my frail human existence.

It's somewhat disconcerting to know that my lifespan is limited by your whim — and your available mana —and not feel any fear about it.

shrugged. "I believe she exists. I just don't particularly believe in praying to someone who sets up a system that kills thousands of teenagers every year.

Real meaningful endeavours, the biggies in human existence, often require the sacrifice of others.

We only think of days and months to keep track of times that aren't now. Fuck days. Fuck months. This was how it was going to be from now on: forever.

Clocks are as pointless on the Tennessee as poets are on Earth.