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Do you fear death? Do you fear the punishment for your... transgressions? [Exhales smoke] One Hundred Years before the mast, that is what I offer ye.
— Davy Jones, Pirates of the Caribbean - Dead Man's Chest
Jones: Do you fear death?
Captain Jack:...You have no idea.
— Pirates of the Caribbean - At World's End
Anything less than immortality is a complete waste of time
— Bender, Futurama
When we've been there ten thousand years Bright shining as the sun We've no less days To sing God's praise Than when we've first begun. — Author unknown, commonly sung as the last verse of "Amazing Freaking Grace"
Hudson: Growing old terrifies you, doesn't it?
Xanatos: (not-quite convincingly) Nothing terrifies me! Because nothing is beyond my ability to change.
Voldemort: There is nothing worse than death, Dumbledore!
Dumbledore: You are quite wrong. Indeed, your failure to understand that there are things much worse than death has always been your greatest weakness...
You don't cheat death. You whimper in fear of it.
— Bruce Wayne to Ra's al Ghul, Batman Beyond
I have heard the whispered tales of immortality The deepest mystery From an ancient book, I took a clue I scaled the frozen mountaintops of eastern lands unknown Time and Man alone Searching for the lost Xanadu — Rush, "Xanadu"
I don't want to achieve immortality through my works. I want to achieve immortality by not dying.
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