La Faucheuse

Даже тогда, когда вы ходите по магазинам, смерть прячется в молочном ряду.

Сегодня мы лицезрим сцены людской глупости и трагедии в театре, – сказал он. – Завтра нам предстоит пережить это в действительности.

Но, как это происходит и со всем прочим, как только мы овладели бесконечным знанием, оно утратило свою важность

«Бессмертие превратило нас в героев анимационных фильмов.»

to put oneself above the law is a fundamental recipe for disaster.

“I love the way it rains here,” he told her. “It reminds me that some forces of nature can never be entirely subdued. They are eternal, which is a far better thing to be than immortal.”

I wonder what life will be like a millennium from now, when the average age will be nearer to one thousand. Will we all be renaissance children, skilled at every art and science, because we’ve had time to master them? Or will boredom and slavish routine plague us even more than it does today, giving us less of a reason to live limitless lives? I dream of the former, but I suspect the latter.

Mortals fantasied that love was eternal and its loss unimaginable. Now we know neither is true. Love remained mortal, while we became eternal.

The greatest achievement of the human race was not conquering death. It was ending government.