#mortal

To be immortal is commonplace; except for man, all creatures are immortal, for they are ignorant of death; what is divine, terrible, incomprehensible, is to know that one is immortal. ↗

— Jorge Luis Borges

#creatures #death #divine #except #ignorant

Immortality is a by-product of good work. ↗

— Mel Brooks

#good #good work #immortality #work

My Soul to Keep is the ultimate love story with a black man and a black woman. I call it the ultimate love story. It's about an immortal. We're shooting for this Fall and that's been a six year development right there. ↗

— Blair Underwood

#been #black #call #development #fall

I think when you see an aircraft fire, these angry, black puffs of smoke, knowing that one of them could kill you that you - you - you understand the seriousness of the mission. And you understand your own mortality. ↗

— George H. W. Bush

#angry #black #could #fire #i

So you’re trying to make her happy despite the fact that the reason she’s unhappy in the first place is you,” said Simon. “That seems contradictory, doesn’t it?” “Love is a contradiction,” said Jace. ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#mortal-instruments #simon-lewis #love

Children are the only form of immortality that we can be sure of. ↗

— Peter Ustinov

#form #immortality #only #sure

Fate is never too generous even to its favorites. Rarely do the gods grant a mortal more than one immortal deed. ↗

— Stefan Zweig

#even #fate #favorites #generous #gods

Immortality is a long shot, I admit. But somebody has to be first. ↗

— Bill Cosby

#first #i #immortality #long #long shot

If something comes to life in others because of you, then you have made an approach to immortality. ↗