Mortality Contemplation Gifts

Irrational Exuberance.

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!"

Chiller Theatre

'Hey! Contemplate your own navel!'

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

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

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

Zenemies.

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

"The overthinker"

'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!"

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

"Whenever it comes, Glenda, my death will be untimely."

Thought bubble mirrors the cloud in the sky.

"They're very time-sensitive."

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

"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."

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

Apocalliptical

"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?"

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

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

"When you reach your expiration date, would you like to be crushed or recycled?"

Soren Kierkegaard

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

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

"Behold my perfect window of existence, when I'm neither trying to wake up nor falling asleep."

"What if you go under before I need to?"

'Do you ever wonder about this whole 'money' thing?'

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

The Deep Thinker