“You may defy the universe. You may say, 'Let it be irrational, I am not. Let it be merciless, I will have mercy. By whatever curious chance it has produced me, nowt that I am here I will according to human values. I know the universe will win in the end, but what is that to me? I will go down fighting. Amid all the wastefulness I will persevere; amid all this competition, I will make sacrifices. Be damned to the universe!” UniverseHopeExistentialismNihilismThe UniverseHope Punk Book:Present Concerns: Journalistic Essays Source: Present Concerns: Journalistic Essays