I figure I've done what I could do, more or less, and now I'm going back to being a chemical; all we are is a lot of talking nitrogen, you know...
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- The speaker feels human effort is temporary and we are just matter.
- In plain terms
- He jokes that we are just talking nitrogen returning to chemicals.
- What can you take from it?
- Accept mortality and the physical nature of life.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Are we just matter?
- How do you face mortality?
Another view
This view may ignore human meaning.
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