Friday, May 6, 2011

Torschlusspanik: Gate-closing Panic

“It’s not so much a fear of diminishing opportunities that haunts me, as the fear of not finishing well. Of course, none of us knows the date or hour of our own demise, but I can’t think of anything more satisfactory than to rest my head, take a deep breath, and sigh, It is finished. How wonderful that would be.“

Read here as Karen Mains ponders on her torschlusspanik.

Note: torschlusspanik is a German word which means "the fear that time is running out."