It was the last that remained of a past whose annihilation had not taken place because it was still in a process of annihilation, consuming itself from within, ending at every moment but never ending its ending. Gabriel García Márquez
Thus I came-despite the fact that I was the son of entirely irreligious (Jewish) parents-to a deep religiosity, which, however, found an abrupt ending at the age of 12. Albert Einstein
My deep religiosity... found an abrupt ending at the age of twelve, through the reading of popular scientific books. Albert Einstein
O gentlemen the time of life is short To spend that shortness basely were too long, If life did ride upon a dials point, Still ending at the arrival of an hour. William Shakespeare