Life is to the universe as rust is to iron. We are,

Life is to the universe as rust is to iron.
We are, in the final judgement (on a planetary scale, certainly), nothing more
than an advanced form of corrosion, just one more way for the universe to wear
itself out a little faster.
-- Solomon Short

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