Unliving things have no passions, and no memory: mere matter is the amnesia of the universe. - John C. Wright

Need I say that, if the universe is destroyed, it is unlikely that the British Isles will be preserved?

Yes, I prayed. Why not? The advantage of being an agnostic over being an atheist is that I always had the possibility of being wrong, and could still entertain the hope that the universe was better organized than it appeared to be.

It is amazing how well the worst ones think of themselves, and how little the best ones do.