“That is all I want in life: for this pain to seem purposeful.”
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American author and journalist 1967–2020Related quotes
Interview in Speaking of Science Fiction: The Paul Walker Interviews (1978)
Context: When I talk of the purpose of life, I am thinking not only of human life, but of all life on Earth and of the life which must exist upon other planets throughout the universe. It is only of life on Earth, however, that one can speak with any certainty. It seems to me that all life on Earth, the sum total of life upon the Earth, has purpose. If the means were available, we could trace our ancestry — yours and mine — back to the first blob of life-like material that came into being on the planet. The same thing could be done for the spider that spun his web in the grass, and of the grass in which the web was spun, the bird sitting in the tree and the tree in which he sits, the toad waiting for the fly beneath the bush, and for the fly and bush. We are all genetic brothers. The chain of life, tracing back to that primordial day of life's beginning, is unbroken...
The Decline and Fall of Practically Everybody (1950), Part VI: Now We're Getting Somewhere, Captain John Smith
“Though life seems painful, at the same time it is wonderful”
空色(Sorairo), Siki
Lyrics
“Pain lies above, not below. And they all think that pain is below. And they all want to rise.”
El dolor está arriba, no abajo. Y todos creen que el dolor está abajo. Y todos quieren subir.
Voces (1943)
“What I really wanted was every kind of life, and the writer’s life seemed the most inclusive.”