Immortality - Quotes

If my decomposing carcass helps nourish the roots of a juniper tree or the wings of a vulture – that is immortality enough for me. And as much as anyone deserves. - Edward Abbey

Immortality is a ridiculous illusion, an empty word, a butterfly net chasing the wind. - Milan Kundera

Immortality no longer interests the weary old man at all. - Milan Kundera

Millions long for immortality who do not know what to do with themselves on a rainy Sunday afternoon. - Susan Ertz

One plays at being immortal, and after a few weeks one doesn't even know whether or not one can hang on till the next day. - Albert Camus

The best argument I know for an immortal life is the existence of a man who deserves one. - William James

The key to immortality is first living a life worth remembering. - Bruce Lee

There is only one way to get ready for immortality, and that is to love this life and live it as bravely and faithfully and cheerfully as we can. - Henry van Dyke 

Think then what it is to live on here eternally and yet be human; to age in soul and see our beloved die and pass to lands whither we may not hope to follow; to wait while drop by drop the curse of the long centuries falls upon our imperishable being, like water slow dripping on a diamond that it cannot wear, till they be born anew forgetful of us, and again sink from our helpless arms into the void unknowable. - H. Rider Haggard

What would be the use of immortality to a person who cannot use well a half hour. - Ralph Waldo Emerson