Quotes can be a source of insight, though I try not to go overboard in referencing them. Google’s customizable homepage is a good source of (seemingly) random quotes. A recent quote on Google gave me cause for reflection:

The average man, who does not know what to do with his life, wants another one which will last forever.
- Anatole France

It reminded me of a recent conversation with three friends — all of whom are film makers, and thereby presumably familiar with at least some aspects of immortality — in which the merits of an endless life were pondered. One of them – whom I lovingly refer to as the slow gazelle – just couldn’t see any downside to living forever.