World of Tomorrow

Emily:
That is the thing about the present, Emily Prime. You only appreciate it when it is the past.

Emily:
Now is the envy of all of the dead.

Emily:
I am very proud of my sadness because it means I am more alive.

Emily:
One day, when you're old enough, you will be impregnated with a perfect clone of yourself. You will later upload all your memories into this healthy new body. One day, long after that, you will repeat this process all over again. Through this cloning process, Emily, you will hope to live forever.

Emily Prime:
I had lunch today.

Emily:
This is your future, Emily Prime. It is sometimes a sad life, and it is a long life. You will feel a deep longing for something you cannot quite remember. It will be a beautiful visit, and then we shall share the same fate as the rest of the human race: dying horribly.

Emily Prime:
You missed him.

Emily:
I do not have the mental or emotional capacity to deal with his loss, but sometimes, I sit in a chair late at night and quietly feel very bad. When the night is at its most quiet, I can hear death. I am very proud of my sadness, because it means I am more alive. I no longer fall in love with rocks.

Emily:
Do not lose time on daily trivialities. Do not dwell on petty detail. For all of these things melt away and drift apart within the obscure traffic of time. Live well and live broadly. You are alive and living now. Now is the envy of all of the dead.

Emily:
Time travel is very often unpredictable and still extremely dangerous. Emily, I shall now use time travel to bring you to my current location in time.

Emily:
We mustn't linger. It is easy to get lost in memories.

Emily:
Emily Prime, there is another reason I have contacted you today. You retain an early memory that I have forgotten, that was very important to me. I wish to retrieve it from you before I die. I shall extract this memory from you now.

Emily Prime:
This is me. And mommy. This is me and mommy walking. This is me and mommy walking.

Emily:
Thank you, Emily. This will bring me great comfort in the days ahead.