„He shall spurn fate, scorn death, and bearHis hopes ‘bove wisdom, grace and fear:And you all know, securityIs mortals’ chiefest enemy.“

— William Shakespeare

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„Immortality,' said Crake, ' is a concept. If you take 'mortality' as being, not death, but the foreknowledge of it and the fear of it, then 'immortality' is the absence of such fear. Babies are immortal. Edit out the fear, and you'll be…“
— Margaret Atwood
„My wisdom is as spurned as chaos. What is my nothingness, compared to the amazement that awaits you?“
— Arthur Rimbaud
„The idea of enemies is awful it makes one stop remembering eternity and the fear of death. That is what enemies are. Possessions are the same as enemies only less so, they too make one forget eternity and the fear of death.“
— Gertrude Stein