“Better a life like a falling star, bright across the dark, than a deathlessness which can see naught above or beyond itself.”

— Poul Anderson , book The Broken Sword

In the first edition of the book, this quote reads: Better a life like a falling star, brief and bright across the dark, than the long, long waiting of the immortals, loveless and cheerlessly wise.
Source: The Broken Sword (1954), Chapter 28 (p. 206)

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American science fiction and fantasy writer 1926–2001

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