Quotes
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Rufus Haldane : [after Morse has asked about the "eternity" symbol] It's a lemniscate. Introduced into mathematics in the mid-17th century by John Wallis. It stands, almost invariably, for infinity.
DC Endeavour Morse : Does it have any other significance?
Rufus Haldane : It symbolized eternity and the soul of the world; and, of course, in modern mysticism, it represents Ouroboros.
DC Endeavour Morse : The snake that devours its own tail.
Rufus Haldane : Yes. Just so.
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[first lines]
Rufus Haldane : The Greeks called it 'apeiros'. Anaximander of Miletus termed it 'apeiron'. But we generally take it to mean the same thing, which is to say... endless.
