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“It was a part of myself that was my enemy; I still had a childish illusion that the flesh on my own bones was somehow unique and precious to the universe, in some obscure corner of my mind I wanted the others to love me and make exceptions for me simply because I felt heat and cold, pain and loneliness as they did. Now this was gone once and for all, and I understood there were no exceptions and on one was invulnerable, we all had to share the same conditions and in the end this was simply mortality, the mortality of things as well as ourselves. After that I didn't expect anybody to love me...”
MacDonald Harris
“Yes, man is mortal, but that would be only half the trouble. The worst of it is that he's sometimes unexpectedly mortal—there's the trick!”
Mikhail Bulgakov, The Master and Margarita“This is to be mortal, And seek the things beyond mortality.”
George Gordon Byron“Your real name is a mortal name. Now you need one that is immortal, the one that takes the high stage and plays above the rest. You can't be immortal and mortal at the same time.”
Keith Buckley, Scale: A Novel“If a choice is given to us between being mortal and being immortal, you will find no one in the group of mortals!”
Mehmet Murat ildan“The problem with living so long is that we get used to it. We watch the mortals age and wither and die around us, watch the world change and decay...but no matter the hardship or the pain or the sorrow we suffer, we choose to continue living. Out of sheer habit, I think.”
Derek Landy, Mortal Coil“Man is mortal, and as the professor so rightly said mortality can come so suddenly”
Mikhail Bulgakov, The Master and Margarita“The moral sense in mortals is the dutyWe have to pay on mortal sense of beauty.”
Vladimir Nabokov, Lolita“You're mortal, and only a mortal can afford to be romantic. When we conquered death, we murdered love.”
Rick Yancey, Rags & Bones: New Twists on Timeless Tales“Come here, let me share a bit of wisdom with you.Have you given much thought to our mortal condition?Probably not. Why would you? Well, listen.There's no one alivewho can say if he will be tomorrow.Our fate moves invisibly! A mystery.No one can teach it, no one can grasp it.Accept this! Cheer up! Have a drink!You can let the rest go. Am I making sense?I think so. How about a drink.Put on a garland. I'm surethe happy splash of wine will cure your mood.We're all mortal you know. Think mortal.Because my theory is, there's no such thing as life,”
Anne Carson, Grief Lessons: Four Plays by EuripidesAll in One Creative & Marketing Platform to tell stories at scale
