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Anime and Manga
Fafnir: The humans you love here will not last a century. So why?
Tohru: I'm fine with that. If I treasure the time I spend here. I would indeed feel an equal amount of sadness. But, I don't think I will ever call that feeling of sadness "regret".
Fafnir: Is there something of such value to make you say that? In this world?
Tohru: Yes there is. Because Kobayashi-san is here!
Tohru: I'm fine with that. If I treasure the time I spend here. I would indeed feel an equal amount of sadness. But, I don't think I will ever call that feeling of sadness "regret".
Fafnir: Is there something of such value to make you say that? In this world?
Tohru: Yes there is. Because Kobayashi-san is here!
Comic Books
Leetah: I always believed that one day your heart would open fully. I was patient… because I thought there was time! Time enough for you to learn how to love. I never dreamed you would harm me so.
Rayek: Harm you?
Leetah: My lifemate...
Rayek: But- But I spared you seeing him age and die like an animal! You knew he would! You were with him all of eight and three years! He was just a breeze through your hair!
Leetah: He... was... my... SOUL!!
Rayek: Harm you?
Leetah: My lifemate...
Rayek: But- But I spared you seeing him age and die like an animal! You knew he would! You were with him all of eight and three years! He was just a breeze through your hair!
Leetah: He... was... my... SOUL!!
— ElfQuest: Kings of the Broken Wheel
Fan Works
Meiling: I love you, Sakuya. Please marry me.
Sakuya: N...No. I'll... be dead soon.
Meiling: I don't care about that one bit!! I'll never forget you, even after you've died! Your memory will live on in my heart forever! Not being able to convey your feelings to someone special before they're gone is ten times sadder than merely losing them! Don't you feel the same way as I do?
Sakuya: (crying) ...I'll be happy for the rest of my life!!
Sakuya: N...No. I'll... be dead soon.
Meiling: I don't care about that one bit!! I'll never forget you, even after you've died! Your memory will live on in my heart forever! Not being able to convey your feelings to someone special before they're gone is ten times sadder than merely losing them! Don't you feel the same way as I do?
Sakuya: (crying) ...I'll be happy for the rest of my life!!
— Touhou Project fan comic
“You are so very mortal, Aurora, and I will not die until hundreds of years from now. I’m afraid my heart just wouldn’t be able to bear it.”
Film
"If Aragorn survives this war, you will still be parted. If Sauron is defeated and Aragorn made king, and all that you hope for comes true, you will still have to taste the bitterness of mortality. Whether by the sword or the slow decay of time, Aragorn will die. And there will be no comfort for you, no comfort to ease the pain of his passing. He will come to death an image of the splendor of the kings of Men in glory undimmed before the breaking of the world. But you, my daughter... you will linger on in darkness and in doubt, as nightfall in winter that comes without a star. Here you will dwell, bound to your grief, under the fading trees, until all the world is changed and the long years of your life are utterly spent."
— Elrond to Arwen Undómiel, The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
"Some people freak out a bit about the age difference. They think, 'What's this 96-year-old lady doing with a guy four times her age?'"
—Viago, What We Do in the Shadows
Mae: The light that's leaving that star right now will take a billion years to get down here. You want to know why you've never met a girl like me before?
Caleb Colton: Yeah, why?
Mae: Because I'll still be here when the light from that star gets down here to earth in a billion years.
Caleb Colton: Yeah, why?
Mae: Because I'll still be here when the light from that star gets down here to earth in a billion years.
Loki: Say goodbye!
Thor: Not this day!
Loki: This day, the next, a hundred years, it's nothing! It's a heartbeat. You'll never be ready. The only woman whose love you prized will be snatched from you.
Thor: Not this day!
Loki: This day, the next, a hundred years, it's nothing! It's a heartbeat. You'll never be ready. The only woman whose love you prized will be snatched from you.
"Macleod, I was born two-thousand, three hundred and thirty-seven years ago. In that time, I've had three wives. The last was Shakiko, a Japanese princess. Her father, Masamune, a genius, made this for me in 593 B.C. It is the only one of its kind. Like his daughter. When Shakiko died, I was shattered. I would save you that pain. Please, let Heather go."
Literature
"But if this goes on, we will watch our loved ones die around us. See, isn't that how they always do it on TV? Immortals are really very unfortunate."
— Isaac, Baccano!
"As for you and your heart and all the things you said and didn't say, she will remember them all when men are fairy tales in books written by rabbits. Think of that, and be still."
— Schmendrick, The Last Unicorn
"I've had lovers now and then, mostly soldiers. But once you've grown old enough, they're like flowers; you know the bloom will fade even as you put them in the glass."
"I dated a vampire ... It was okay until she told me how old she was. I swear, she had my grandmother's exact birthday. Same day, same year. After that, every time we were in bed all I could see was my nana's face."
— Morty, The Everything Box
Live-Action TV
"You think he's too old 'cause he's a senior? Please, my boyfriend had a bicentennial."
— Buffy, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, "Surprise"
"I married my Edna May in ought-three and I was with her right until the end. Not a pretty picture. Wrinkled and senile and cursing me for my youth. Wasn't our happiest time."
I don't age. I regenerate. But humans decay. You wither and you die. Imagine watching that happen to someone you... [...] You can spend the rest of your life with me. But I can't spend the rest of mine with you.
— The Tenth Doctor, Doctor Who, "School Reunion"
The Doctor: Amy, listen. I am 907 years old. Do you know what that means?
Amy: It's been awhile?
The Doctor: Ye— no, no, no!
Amy: It's been awhile?
The Doctor: Ye— no, no, no!
Alfred Fellig: Seventy-five years is enough. Take my word for it. You live forever, sooner or later, you start to think about the big thing you're missing and that everybody else gets to find out about but you.
Dana Scully: What about love?
Alfred Fellig: What? Does that last forever? Forty years ago, I drove down to the city hall, down to the Hall of Records, Record Archives, whatever they call it. I wanted to look up my wife. It bothered me I couldn't remember her name. Love lasts 75 years, if you're lucky. You don't want to be around when it's gone.
Dana Scully: What about love?
Alfred Fellig: What? Does that last forever? Forty years ago, I drove down to the city hall, down to the Hall of Records, Record Archives, whatever they call it. I wanted to look up my wife. It bothered me I couldn't remember her name. Love lasts 75 years, if you're lucky. You don't want to be around when it's gone.
— The X-Files, "Tithonus"
Music
Doushite naze nano kashira?
Why, oh why, is it
Omoi wa tsutaetara kowarechau yo
that I'll break apart if I tell you how I feel?
Anata to wa chigau shuzoku
You and I are of a different kind
Saigo ni naku no wa watashi nan dakara
and the one who cries last will be me.
Why, oh why, is it
Omoi wa tsutaetara kowarechau yo
that I'll break apart if I tell you how I feel?
Anata to wa chigau shuzoku
You and I are of a different kind
Saigo ni naku no wa watashi nan dakara
and the one who cries last will be me.
— IOSYS, "Alice→Dere," a Touhou Project music video
There's no chance for us
It's all decided for us.
This world has only one sweet moment set aside for us.
It's all decided for us.
This world has only one sweet moment set aside for us.
Video Games
Oh, I'm so happy! I've always wanted a husband! Think of all the wonderful centuries- uh, years we'll have!
— Nowi, Fire Emblem: Awakening
Asari: We need a souvenir. How about a fish?
Turian: Fish have nothing to do with the Citadel. Besides, it'll be dead in a couple of years.
Asari: The important thing is to enjoy the time you spend with the fish.
Turian: Is this the lifespan talk? I'm not having the lifespan talk.
Turian: Fish have nothing to do with the Citadel. Besides, it'll be dead in a couple of years.
Asari: The important thing is to enjoy the time you spend with the fish.
Turian: Is this the lifespan talk? I'm not having the lifespan talk.
"Krogan live long lives. It's not like dating a human, where you just stick it out for a century until they die..."
— Ereba, Mass Effect 2
"After you are gone... I shall love what you loved... I shall sing the songs that you sang."
— Harvest King, Harvest Moon: Animal Parade
"But are you really sure? I can't leave this place... And I live much longer than humans, which I won't stay with you forever."
— Harvest Goddess, Harvest Moon: Light of Hope
Wh-what!? You say you want to marry the Harvest Goddess!? That's blasphemy! Of course, I do too, but... Wait! Forget I said that! The Harvest Goddess has not forgiven you, and some day you will pay the price! That is enough for today's confession.
— Pastor Carter, Harvest Moon: Friends of Mineral Town
Ah...ahem. Might we speak a moment? I have something I must say. I have lived many an age. I was here thousands of years ago... And I will still be here thousands of years after you are gone. But right now I want to spend my life with you, by your side until death do us part! I thank the stars that we met. And thank you for coming here. For... For choosing me... In all my long life I have never felt this way before. I love you. I love you so much!
— Ventuswill, Rune Factory 4
Webcomics
Minty: You got attached?!
Razz: Nnnooo, of course not!
Minty: You can't! You know what happens if you get attached, right?
Razz: Of course! ...But just in case I didn't know.
Minty: They die.
Razz: ...Come again?
Minty: Oh, sweet Goddess... They're different. Not as strong, or resistant, or something. The lucky ones survive for 90 years at best. Compared to our 200, it's like keeping a pet. By the time you're in the prime of your life, Razzmatazz, they'll both be dead.
Razz: ...Oh. Okay,
Minty: So, you see,
Razz: I have to go now. Bye.
Razz: Nnnooo, of course not!
Minty: You can't! You know what happens if you get attached, right?
Razz: Of course! ...But just in case I didn't know.
Minty: They die.
Razz: ...Come again?
Minty: Oh, sweet Goddess... They're different. Not as strong, or resistant, or something. The lucky ones survive for 90 years at best. Compared to our 200, it's like keeping a pet. By the time you're in the prime of your life, Razzmatazz, they'll both be dead.
Razz: ...Oh. Okay,
Minty: So, you see,
Razz: I have to go now. Bye.
Western Animation
"I've finally found someone I want to spend the rest of her life with!"
— Bender the Robot, Futurama
"I do love your mother. But she's more like a... a pet to me."
— Omni Man, Invincible (2021)
