I did not know Kaleb Horton and, though I read and admired his work at times, his was not a name that I remembered well enough to seek out or follow around over the web enough to keep up with. Nevertheless, I find myself significantly saddened by his unexpected passing as I’ve been reading through various tributes from writers whose names I do remember well enough to seek out and follow around the web. In particular, this quote which Luke O’Neil shared in his tribute has me wishing I’d have paid closer attention before now.

If we have any imperative, it’s to keep life going, to stop it from being destroyed. Something turns to nothing constantly. Something came from nothing only once.