"What I relate is the history of the next two centuries. I describe what is coming, what is inevitable: the rise of nihilism. This tale can already be told, for necessity itself is at work here. This destiny speaks in a hundred different signs, announcing itself everywhere; for this 'music of the future' all ears are already pricked. The whole of our European culture has long been in an agony of suspense, increasing with each passing decade, as if in anticipation of disaster, like a torrent, restlessly, violently rushing to its end, refusing to reflect, afraid to reflect."
- The Will to Power, Friedrich Nietzsche, p 44
