Mortality Quotes
If something comes to life in others because of you, then you have made an approach to immortality.
Norman Cousins (1974). “The celebration of life: a dialogue on immortality and infinity”, Harper San Francisco
Herman Melville (1849). “Mardi: And a Voyage Thither”, p.201
Baruch Spinoza (2014). “The Road to Inner Freedom: The Ethics”, p.76, Open Road Media
Retire me to my Milan, where Every third thought shall be my grave.
William Shakespeare, Ernest Fleischer, Samuel Johnson, George Steevens, Isaac Reed (1830). “... The plays and poems of William Shakespeare: accurately printed from the text of the corrected copies, left by the late Samuel Johnson, George Steevens, Isaac Reed, and Edmond Malone ...”, p.18
Trees are as close to immortality as the rest of us ever come.
Karen Joy Fowler (2004). “Sarah Canary”, Plume
Sydney J. Harris (1957). “Majority of one”
... life itself is brief, and that is what charges the day with such ridiculous beauty.
Garrison Keillor (1990). “We Are Still Married: Stories and Letters”, p.128, Penguin
Death must be an evil and the gods agree; for why else would they live for ever?
Sappho (1988). “Poems & Fragments”, Lyle Stuart
There is no proof nor yet any denial. We were, we are, and we will be.
Letter to his mother from Chamlieu, France, November 20, 1917.
Plato, General Press (2016). “The Republic”, p.506, GENERAL PRESS