#mortal

I could not do this, I realized, if I were immortal. This degree of love of life and of one another is granted, I saw for once and for ever, not to immortals, but to those who live briefly and always under the shadow of death and loss. ↗

— Dan Simmons

#death

Sex is kicking death in the ass while singing. ↗

— Charles Bukowski

#immortality #life-and-death #sex #life

I was laughing at you because declarations of love amuse me, especially when unrequited," he said. -Jace pg. 41 ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#shadow-hunters #love

The smoke detectors began to ring; for they were battery-powered and thus still functioned, just as a record can still be played after the death of every member of the orchestra. ↗

— William T. Vollmann

#music #time #death

Mortals. I envy you. You think you can change things. Stop the universe. Undo what was done long before you came along. You are such beautiful creatures. ↗

— Kami Garcia

#mortals #beauty

Geniuses are the luckiest of mortals because what they must do is the same as what they most want to do. ↗

— W. H. Auden

#geniuses #luckiest #mortals #most #must

The charms of women were never more powerful never inspired such achievements, as in those immortal periods, when they could neither read nor write. ↗

— Hannah Cowley

#charms #could #immortal #inspired #more

None of us are getting out of here alive". ↗

— R. Alan Woods

#mortality #death

Old age is the only disease you don't going to being cured of. ↗

— Citizen Kane

#mortality #age

The truth is women use contraception not only as a way to prevent unintended pregnancies, but also to improve their health and the health of their families. Increased access to contraception is directly linked to declines in maternal and infant mortality. ↗

— Felicity Huffman

#also #contraception #declines #directly #families