It is the recognition that well-read is not a destination; there is nowhere to get to, and if you assume there is somewhere to get to, you’d have to live a thousand years to even think about getting there, and by the time you got there, there would be a thousand years to catch up on.

Linda Holmes writing for NPR’s Monkey See blog. Her excellent piece is titled “The Sad, Beautiful Fact That We’re All Going to Miss Almost Everything.” Read more. (via powells)