Thorns of Immortality
by Patryk Rebisz


Part I (short excerpts) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

9. Before Death
"A lasting impact is a matter of relativism - the time scale one accepts dictates its outcome. Considering any legacy on a large enough scale of both space and time, one runs into trouble. At some point, even stones of the pyramids turn to dust. One hopes for his memory to live in the minds of others forgetting that, just like stars, they die too."

"Ultimately, that memory turns into an encyclopedic entry - a factoid reducing one to that of the important achievement as if nothing else of that person's life mattered."

"The roar of the engines sneaking past hermetical headphones and his shaking body made him aware of the importance of now. He closed his eyes - until the rebirth. Sleep. Gray. Gray turned to black. An abyss. The abyss dissolved into the color of nothingness."