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Do you feel the same thinking about the time before you were born?
"The cradle rocks above an abyss, and common sense tells us that our existence is but a brief crack of light between two eternities of darkness. Although the two are identical twins, man, as a rule, views the prenatal abyss with more calm than the one he is heading for." - the opening of Nabokov's Speak, Memory
Before I was born I couldn't conceive of existence nor will I regret it after I'm gone. The idea that because I was ripped from the ether contrasted with the fact that I will one day return, doesn't bring peace to me. I exist and for as long as I do the end of my existence will wrench my gut and bitter my tongue. I hate death and I resent my inevitable march towards it.