"The circle of the return to birth can only remain open, but this is a chance, a sign of life, and a wound"
- Jacques Derrida
About this Quote
Jacques Derrida's quote speaks with the idea of life being a cycle of birth and death. The "circle of the go back to birth" is a metaphor for this cycle, and it is something that can never be closed. This is a chance for us to welcome life, to acknowledge that it is something that is constantly changing and developing. It is also a sign of life, a suggestion that life is something that is valuable and need to be treasured. Finally, it is an injury, a suggestion of the fragility of life and the inevitability of death. Derrida's quote is a suggestion that life is something that ought to be appreciated and welcomed, which death is something that must be accepted and respected.
"Tomorrow is the most important thing in life. Comes into us at midnight very clean. It's perfect when it arrives and it puts itself in our hands. It hopes we've learned something from yesterday"