"**None of us are long for this world. Death hangs over us all, whether we notice or not, whether we believe it or not**. Tomorrow, we could discover we have cancer. Two weeks from now, a heavy branch could fall from a tree and take us with it. **The prognosis is terminal for each and every person and has been from the moment we were born**. Our heart beats without fail for an uncertain amount of time, and then one day, suddenly, it is still. Memento mori." ([Location 2718](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B07QY3CZ9L&location=2718)) --- **Tags** -- [[quotes]], [[momento-mori]] **Source** -- [[202409180133 - B - Stillness is the Key]]