#mortal

For the people who ostensibly wish me well or are worried about my immortal soul, I say I take it kindly. ↗

— Christopher Hitchens

#for the people #i #immortal #kindly #me

Parents, however old they and we may grow to be, serve among other things to shield us from a sense of our doom. As long as they are around, we can avoid the fact of our mortality; we can still be innocent children. ↗

— Jane Howard

#around #avoid #children #doom #fact

I guess by now I should know enough about loss to realize that you never really stop missing someone-you just learn to live around the huge gaping hole of their absence. ↗

— Alyson Noel

#evermore #immortals #loss #noel #live

If you really love something, you never try to keep it the way it is forever. You have to let it be free to change. ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#mortal-instruments #pg- #change

What's this?" he demanded, looking from Clary to his companions, as if they might know what she was doing there. "It's a girl," Jace said,recovering his composure. "Surely you've seen girls before, Alec. Your sister Isabelle is one. ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#jace #love #mortal-instruments #humor

But-" Maia, still looking at Alec and Magnus, broke off and rasied her eyebrows. Simon turned to see what she was looking at - and stared. Alec had his arms around Magnus and was kissing him full on the mouth. Magnus, who appeared to be in a state of shock, stood frozen. Several groups of people - Shadowhunters and Downworlders alike - were staring and whispering. Glancing to the side, Simon saw the Lightwoods, their eyes widen, gaping at the display. Maryse had her hand over her mouth. Maia looked perplexed. "Wait a second," she said. "Do we all have to do that, too? ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#humor #mortal-instruments #humor

I guess it’s true what they say," observed Jace. "There are no straight men in the trenches." "That’s atheists, jackass," said Simon furiously. "There are no atheists in the trenches. ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#jace #mortal-instruments #simon #humor

Turning 30 was when my parents both got cancer and were fighting it and beat it, but their mortality started to get to me. Everything wasn't as hunky-dory like it was. ↗

— Darren Aronofsky

#both #cancer #everything #fighting #get

And beauty immortal awakes from the tomb. ↗

— James Beattie

#beauty #immortal #tomb

Immortality is really desirable, I guess. In terms of images, anyway. ↗

— Damien Hirst

#desirable #guess #i #images #immortality