Or that everything was born to die.- How they act when they eat and sleep and mate and
defecate and all the rest. Then when they order and exult, or
rage and thunder from on high. And yet, just consider the
things they submitted to a moment ago, and the reasons for it
—and the things they’ll submit to again before very long. - Each of us needs what nature gives us, when nature gives
it. - “The earth knows longing for the rain, the sky/knows
longing.. .” And the world longs to create what will come to
be. I tell it “I share your longing.”
(And isn’t that what we mean by “inclined to happen”?)- Possibilities:
i. To keep on living (you should be used to it by now)ii. To end it (it was your choice, after all)iii. To die (having met your obligations)