“I will grant you three wishes, but do not ask for immortality without asking for eternal youth.”
John C. Wright book Orphans of Chaos
Source: Orphans of Chaos (2005), Chapter 9, “Otherspace” Section 5 (p. 138)
“There is a feeling of Eternity in youth which makes us amends for everything. To be young is to be as one of the Immortals.”
"On the Feeling of Immortality in Youth" <br class="br"> Table Talk: Essays On Men And Manners http://www.blupete.com/Literature/Essays/TableHazIV.htm (1821-1822)
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