Time, Mortality & Legacy

What age charges the body, and the ordinary objects that keep someone present after death.

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Twelve of the 1,284, with the question each one ends on. Open one to read the explanation that sits between them.

“An old tool can connect your hands to an earlier person’s judgment.”

“Reason is a crutch for age, but youth is strong enough to walk alone.”

— John Dryden

“We are such stuff as dreams are made on; and our little life is rounded with a sleep.”

— William Shakespeare

“One stranger who helped you when you were lost can shape how you treat strangers for the rest of your life.”

“A dog’s whole life fits inside a few chapters of yours, and still they make every chapter better.”

“Time does not steal everything at once; that is why people forget it is stealing.”

“The clock on the wall doesn’t care if it’s a good day. It moves the same either way. Your call what fills it.”

“Results get erased by the next season. The example you set gets copied for years.”

“Every phase of life ends, the good ones and the brutal ones. That’s comforting in both directions.”

“Every year your parents get a bit slower and you get a bit busier. Close that gap on purpose.”

“Remembering a place does not require remembering the route that once made reaching it effortless.”

“A last visit can make ordinary details seem unusually willing to be remembered.”