--- title: "Meaning & Key Takeaway of: There's nothing special about being born…" description: "\"“There's nothing special about being born. Not a thing. Most of the universe is just death, nothing more. In this universe of ours, the birth of a new ..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d57/nbdycrs-42691_birth_there-s-nothing-special-about-being-born_1791411.jpg" --- # There's nothing special about being born. Not a thing… ![“There's nothing special about being born. Not a thing. Most of the universe is just death, nothing more. In this universe of ours, the birth of a new life on some corner of our planet is nothing but a tiny, insignificant flash. Death is a normal thing.” quote by Nbdycrs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d57/nbdycrs-42691_birth_there-s-nothing-special-about-being-born_1791411.jpg) [Download](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d57/nbdycrs-42691_birth_there-s-nothing-special-about-being-born_1791411.jpg) [Open image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d57/nbdycrs-42691_birth_there-s-nothing-special-about-being-born_1791411.jpg) > ““There's nothing special about being born. Not a thing. Most of the universe is just death, nothing more. In this universe of ours, the birth of a new life on some corner of our planet is nothing but a tiny, insignificant flash. Death is a normal thing.”” [Nbdycrs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nbdycrs/) ## About This Quote This interpretation was drafted with AI assistance. It is one reading of the quote, not the author's own explanation. Life is fleeting and death is ordinary; birth is a brief flash in a vast universe. **In simple terms:** Birth is tiny, death is normal. 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