To be born means being compelled to choose an era, a place, a life. To exist here, now, means to los

To be born means being compelled to choose an era, a place, a life. To exist here, now, means to lost the possibility of being countless other potential selves.. Yet once being born there is no turning back. And I think that's exactly why the fantasy worlds of cartoon movies so strongly represent our hopes and yearnings. They illustrate a world of lost possibilities for us.
----Hayao Miyazaki, Starting Point: 1979-1996