# Quote — Neil Gaiman, Signal to Noise

> Apocatastasis. What it means:
>
> 1) Restoration, re-establishment, renovation
>
> 2) Return to a previous condition
>
> 3) (Astronomy) Return to the same apparent position, completion of a period of revolution.
>
> Think about it.

- Author: [Neil Gaiman](https://www.leafyquotes.com/neil-gaiman.md)
- Book: [Signal to Noise](https://www.leafyquotes.com/neil-gaiman/signal-to-noise.md)
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- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/neil-gaiman/signal-to-noise/apocatastasis-what-it-means

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> The world is always ending, for someone.

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> I don't believe in Apocalypses. I believe in Apocatastases. I think it may be the title for The Film. It's a bitch to pronounce, and no-one knows what it means, but otherwise it's a great title.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/neil-gaiman/signal-to-noise/i-dont-believe.md)

> We are always living in the final days. What have you got? A hundred years or much, much less until the end of your world.

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