"A life spent focused on achieving security with respect to time, when in fact such security is unattainable, can only ever end up feeling provisional—**as if the point of your having been born still lies in the future, just over the horizon**, and your life in all its fullness can begin as soon as you’ve gotten it, in [[Arnold Bennett]]’s phrase, “into proper working order.”" --- **Tags** -- [[quotes]], [[momento-mori]], [[ever-present-now]], **Source** --