Thursday, March 9, 2023

Good question

But what is the past?
Could it be, the firmness of the past is just illusion?
Could the past be a kaleidoscope, a pattern of images
that shift with each disturbance of a sudden breeze, a laugh, a thought?
And if the shift is everywhere, how would we know?

        Alan Lightman, Einstein's Dreams

 

 

 

 

 

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