How does it feel to be seven thousand years old?"" That depends."" On what?"" On how I want to feel.

— Greg Egan

I believe that we are arks of the covenant and our true nature is not rage or deceit or terror or logic or craft or even sorrow. It is longing.

— Cormac McCarthy

You're mortal, and only a mortal can afford to be romantic. When we conquered death, we murdered love.

— Rick Yancey