Immortality/Quotes
IMMORTALITY IS ONLY A WORD. ALL THAT EXISTS CAN DIE. EVERY LIVING THING HAS A WEAPON AGAINST WHICH IT HAS NO DEFENSE. TIME. DISEASE. IRON. GUILT.
—Coaxmetal, Planescape: Torment
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I plan to live forever, of course, but barring that I'd settle for a couple thousand years. Even five hundred would be pretty nice.
—CEO Nwabudike Morgan, Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri
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Immortality is not a gift, Immortality is an achievement; And only those who strive mightily Shall possess it.
—Edgar Lee Masters
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Immortality: A toy which people cry for, And on their knees apply for, Dispute, contend and lie for, And if allowed Would be right proud Eternally to die for.
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One has to pay dearly for immortality; one has to die several times while one is still alive.
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Since we have had a history, men have pursued an ideal of immortality.
—George Wald
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The belief in immortality has always seemed cowardly to me. When very young I learned that all things die, and all that we wish of good must be won on this earth or not at all.
—Anne Smedley
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I could not give them more life, only immortality. They didn't think it would be worth the price.
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Be a vampire, or a ghost, or an immortal with a paint-by-numbers portrait in the rec room. Hell, even a brain-in-a-jar, in a pinch. Anything to avoid the Big Fire Below.
—Xykon, The Order of the Stick
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Millions long for immortality who do not know what to do with themselves on a rainy Sunday afternoon.
—Susan Ertz
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I am time enough at last. I am immortal. I am impervious to time, to hunger, to lethargy, to apathy. Only through eternity can you be saved, my friends.
—Brother Jeofrey Vita, The Electric Church
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The best definition of an immortal is someone who hasn't died yet.
—Tom Holt, Ye Gods!
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Scully: All right. So how do I die? —The X-Files, "Clyde Bruckman's Final Repose"
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That magic word that made it seem like no matter how little care you gave for the consequences, everything would somehow turn out over the course of eternity. |
A man should live forever or die trying. |
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