He had nowhere to look for answers, and he was tired of asking questions. - Steven Erikson

Lost ages are neither more nor less profound than the one we live in right now.

Survivors do not mourn together. They each mourn alone, even when in the same place. Grief is the most solitary of all feelings. Grief isolates, and every ritual, every gesture, every embrace, is a hopeless effort to break through that isolation.
None of it works. The forms crumble and dissolve.
To face death is to stand alone.

Everything worth fighting for is gained without fighting.