End Of Life Contemplation Gifts

" ....and your insurance was paid up."

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

"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.

Zenemies.

"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."

"The overthinker"

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

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

Rodin's Thinker.

"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!"

"Before we decide if you can get in we have to watch a film review of your life..."

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

Thought bubble mirrors the cloud in the sky.

"I know, boy—I miss the smoked salmon at Zabar's, too."

"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."

"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.'

'It could be hours, or it could be weeks. He's determined to hang on until he finally understands the punchline to a joke everybody else got at a cocktail party in 1947!'

'No, he didn't have any last words,his wife was in there and she did all of the talking right up to the end.'

Heaven

'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?"

"Just think of all the cigarettes I could have smoked."

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

Soren Kierkegaard

Tom's last day.

'Have you ever imagined a world without stupid hypothetical questions?'

"Get me my gun. I want to squeeze off a few last rounds."

"No, wait. What if the cop character is the murderer, and the mobster guy is completely innocent?"

"Gazing at stars really makes you realise the insignificance of your co-workers."

The Deep Thinker