Contemplating Life Gifts

"It was a day like any other, so I guess I'll have the usual."

At the end of each day, Gary had approximately 7 minutes of free time – which left him feeling very vulnerable.

Humans...What is their purpose?

"Ooh, ooh, I know this koan! I got it! Pick me! Pick me!"

'Hey! Contemplate your own navel!'

Maximilian could see far away places,but he never told anyone.

"Geez, from way up here it almost looks like there’s hope for humanity."

"I could catch a bicyclist, well maybe not a bicyclist, but I could catch a jogger, definitely."

Zenemies.

"The overthinker"

"Wait... what was it I came up here for?"

'Are you not thinking what I'm not thinking?'

"Lately, I've been trying to spend less time staring at the glowing orb."

"If the stars should appear one night in a thousand years, how would men believe and adore, and preserve for many generations the remembrance of the city of God which had been shown! … Emerson" "Good boy!"

The Thinker?

"After searching for the sun all night, it finally dawned on me..."

"I said remember those extra years we added to our lives by good clean livin'?"

Thought bubble mirrors the cloud in the sky.

"These brisk fall afternoons remind me of Chekhov, which reminds me of Putin, then Trump, the alt-right, facism, nuclear weapons ... let's go home."

"From Zero To Sixty In What Seems Like Eight Seconds Flat."

"How come I can't remember what I forget, but I always remember that I forgot something!"

'It's normal -- Enlightenment freaks a lot of people out.'

"I thought I'd come back YOUNG!"

'Sometimes I think about getting away from all this and get a job as a cab driver in New York city...'

"Is it just me, or do these sculptural forms of light and shadow make you think about the ephemeral nature of life, the spirituality of the moment eclipsing our futile quest for cheese?"

'True, I'm nearing the end, but at least, there's rarely a dull moment.'

'I believe you're thinking of leaving us, Brother?'

"Exactly what is this 'nothing' I've been hearing so much about?"

'At least with math and physics you sometimes find the answer.'

"Blasphemy, yes, but it was funny."

Soren Kierkegaard

'It's true that I never fulfilled my early promise of greatness, but I DID manage to catch a lot of really outstanding TV!'

"I used to be a young crazy rebel like you you know."