The universe had no actual beginning and will not really ever end.
You're stuck with facing it every day the universe doesn't end.
The leading cosmological question then became how the universe would end.
According to him the universe sprang from fire and will end in fire.
My universe ends with me, sure, but all the other universes go on.
I will love you on the day the universe ends in fire.
"Tell me," she said, "when the universe eventually ends, will you feel guilty about that?"
I mean, can you imagine continuing any sort of conflict after the universe has ended?
And as long as you stay here, the universe cannot end.
Maybe we will, someday, if the universe doesn't end first.