Jo Nesbø, Tørst

" . . . life . . . is . . . a journey from the 

 attachment of the umbilical cord to a death 

 where we are finally separated from everything  

 and everyone."

Jo Nesbø

Tørst (The Thirst)

I suppose that this isn't so profound, but I like the way Jo says it, and it immediately made me start thinking about this life thing in a new way. Especially with respect to people who live on the extremities of the social world, like monks or hermits. The fact that I just finished reading Striving Towards Being, which includes letters from Thomas Merton probably had nothing to do with my thoughts going in that direction. 

I put the Nesbø quote on my Facebook page just because it's a place for me to keep track of quotes, and it evoked this little exchange and expansion 1 :

1 Ive redacted the names as a tribute to Mr. Trump, Our Chester Cheetah  in Chief.