Comic #2665: 2012-09-02

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Panel 1: (skeleton figure at the top) "Here is something true: one day you will be dead."

Panel 2: "Here is something false: you only live once."

Panel 3: "It takes about 7 years to master something."

Panel 4: "If you live to be 83, after 11, you have 13 opportunities to be great at something."

Panel 5: "These are your lifetimes."

Panel 6: "Most people never let themselves die."

Panel 7: "I've just always known I was good at organizing spreadsheets."

Panel 8: "Some are afraid of death."

Panel 9: "I’m only trained to do one thing, and if I’m not doing it… then what am I?"

Panel 10: "But you have many lives."

Panel 11: "Two years 'til I die. I wonder what I’ll do next…"

Panel 12: "Spend a life writing poems."

Panel 13: "True art is Nature to advantage dressed." "Out of what ought to be here in small expense."

Panel 14: "Spend another building things."

Panel 15: "It’s a hobby." "Because…"

Panel 16: "…reasons."

Panel 17: "Spend a life looking for facts."

Panel 18: "How?"

Panel 19: "And another looking for truth."

Panel 20: "Why?"

Panel 21: "These are your lifetimes."

Panel 22: "Use them."

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