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I have been dying for twenty years, now I am going to live.
I have been dying for twenty years, now I am going to live.
I don't want to achieve immortality through my work. I want to achieve it through not dying.
I don't want to achieve immortality through my work. I want to achieve it through not dying.
 I don't want to achieve immortality by being inducted into the 
Hall of Fame. I want to achieve immortality read more 
 I don't want to achieve immortality by being inducted into the 
Hall of Fame. I want to achieve immortality by not dying. 
 'Tis immortality to die aspiring,
 As if a man were taken quick to heaven.  
 'Tis immortality to die aspiring,
 As if a man were taken quick to heaven. 
 I long to believe in immortality. . . . If I am destined to be 
happy with you here--how read more 
 I long to believe in immortality. . . . If I am destined to be 
happy with you here--how short is the longest life. I wish to 
believe in immortality--I wish to live with you forever. 
Poets have said that the reason to have children is to give yourself immortality. Immortality? Now that I have five read more
Poets have said that the reason to have children is to give yourself immortality. Immortality? Now that I have five children, my only hope is that they are all out of the house before I die.
Cheese -- milk's leap forward to immortality.
Cheese -- milk's leap forward to immortality.
 If I stoop
 Into a dark tremendous sea of cloud,
  It is but for a time; I read more 
 If I stoop
 Into a dark tremendous sea of cloud,
  It is but for a time; I press God's lamp
   Close to my breast; its splendor soon or late
    Will pierce the gloom; I shall emerge one day. 
Our hope of immortality does not come from any religions, but nearly all religions come from that hope
Our hope of immortality does not come from any religions, but nearly all religions come from that hope