Never forget that you must die; that death will come sooner than you expect… God has written the letters of death upon your hands. In the inside of your hands you will see the letters M.M. It means “Memento Mori” — remember you must die. – J. Furniss, Tracts for Spiritual Reading

How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives. – Annie Dillard, The Writing Life

Who knows whether the gods will add tomorrow to the present hour? – Horace