Quotation by

H. G. Wells

I want to go ahead of Father Time with a scythe of my own.

Time

Understanding this quote AI Analysis

The speaker wants to take control of their own fate instead of waiting for death to come naturally. They imagine using a scythe, a symbol of death, as a way to actively confront or challenge the passage of time.

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