Time flows without a thought for us. The end comes around faster than we ever imagine, and we cry out that we’re not ready, but how could we ever be? We’re just apes with too much self-awareness. And although that means we can fear in ways no other creature can fear, it means we can love in ways no other creature can love. And I think that’s what shakes us the most. Not the fear of what comes next, but the sadness we might not love like this again.
Paddy Dobson
1st December 2023