“We forget how light our grip on life really is. Otherwise, we wouldn’t spend so much time obsessing over trivialities, or trying to become famous, make more money than we could ever spend in our lifetime, or make plans far off in the future. **All of these are negated by death**. All these assumptions presume that death won’t affect us, or at least, not when we don’t want it to. **The paths of glory, [[Thomas Gray]] wrote, lead but to the grave**.” ([Location 2052](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B00IX49OS4&location=2052)) --- **Tags** -- [[quotes]], [[momento-mori]], [[personal-values]], [[routines]], [[frugality]], **Source** -- [[202409180132 - B - The Obstacle is the Way]]