Everything that comes together falls apart. Everything. The chair I’m sitting on. It was built, and so it will fall apart. I’m gonna fall apart, probably before this chair. And you’re gonna fall apart. The cells and organs and systems that make you you–they came together, grew together, and so must fall apart. The Buddha knew one thing science didn’t prove for millennia after his death: Entropy increases. Things fall apart. John Green
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This is a very frightening statement. It seems like the world is on the brink of chaos and destruction. But, we must remember that everything that comes together falls apart and nothing lasts forever. Everything in this universe is destined to be destroyed and go back to its natural state: elements combine and recombine to create something new, then something new combines with something old, and so on.

Source: Looking For Alaska

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