Even nothing cannot last forever. - Neil Gaiman

I was a normal child. Which is to say, I was selfish and I was not entirely convinced of the existence of things that were not me, and I was certain, rock-solid unshakably certain, that I was the most important thing in creation. There was nothing that was more important to me than I was.

Jerusalem, thought Morrison, was like a deep pool, where time had settled too thickly.

But where does contagion end and art begin?