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title: "4 Immortality Person Quotes by 3 authors"
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> [“What would be the use of immortality to a person who cannot use well half an hour?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/what-would-be-the-use-of-immortality-to-a-person-who-cannot-use-well/)

[Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/)

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> [“From Alan Lightman's intricate 1993 novel Einstein's Dreams; set in Berne in 1905: With infinite life comes an infinite list of relatives.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-hitchens/from-alan-lightman-s-intricate-1993-novel-einstein-s-dreams-set-in/)

[Christopher Hitchens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-hitchens/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/895/christopher-hitchens-117_dreams_from-alan-lightman-s-intricate-1993-nove_1321771.jpg)

> [Such is the cost of immortality. No person is whole. No person is free. Over time, some have determined that the only…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-lightman/such-is-the-cost-of-immortality-no-person-is-whole-no-person-is-free/)

[Alan Lightman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-lightman/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c8d/alan-lightman-2270_cost_such-is-the-cost-of-immortality-no-perso_1378362.png)

> [With infinite life comes an infinite list of relatives. Grandparents never die, nor do great grandparents, great-aunts…and so on, back through the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-lightman/with-infinite-life-comes-an-infinite-list-of-relatives-grandparents/)

[Alan Lightman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-lightman/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f67/alan-lightman-2270_advice_with-infinite-life-comes-an-infinite-lis_3017800.png)

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