“Is life much too long for an immortal?”
“Life isn’t about how long you live it, but what you do with it. When you have lived for too long and experienced so much, the lines between right and wrong, good and bad, begin to blur. Immortality isn’t a goal, it’s a temptation–a punishment.”
“The novel is too capacious, inclusive, unruly, and personal for perfection. Too long, sometimes too much like life.”
“Too long, much too long.”
“So long as you are ready to die for humanity, the life of your country is immortal.”
“It's been a long rocky life, with plenty of possibility but too much human ugliness.”