But man by his nature is an unnatural animal. If any creature stands a chance of defeating death, it is man.

He doesn't have a soul?" she shrieked, horrified."That explains why he's such a dick," Tree muttered.

Immortality can be soon achieved by using technology.The real issue is, "are humans compatible with eternity?

Often, on the brink of finding the recipe for immortality, I get distracted by the frightful presence of death.

Speech is the resuscitation breath for living corpses and the water of life for those who want to live forever.

The greatest sin you could commit is immortality, because it means that you’ll eventually commit all else.

After all, you’re only an immortal until someone manages to kill you. After that, you were just long-lived.

Was it not worth the loss of a little immortality to have that strange mix of innocence and strength close to him?

If death is no longer a fear, we're really free. Free to take any risk under the sun for Christ and for love.

Number one on my list of things to do before I die is become immortal. Obviously there is no number two on my list.

There is a very great difference between older and old, the former being desirable and the latter being inevitable.

Immortality is a chancy thing; it cannot be promised or earned. Perhaps it cannot even be identified for what it is.

Tell me, before you call us servants, who served whom? And who, I wonder, in your generations, will immortalize you?

How prudently most men creep into nameless graves, while now and then one or two forget themselves into immortality.

All motivation derives from the primary fact of mortality. Take mortality away and motivation loses its...motivation.