Without a function, we cease to be. So, I will write till I die.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I do not want to have the feeling of writing 'for eternity', so to speak.
I don't exist without writing.
I existed from all eternity and, behold, I am here; and I shall exist till the end of time, for my being has no end.
We all die. The goal isn't to live forever, the goal is to create something that will.
When I disappear, I will disappear; there'll be nothing left.
If I shall exist eternally, how shall I exist tomorrow?
When people talk of the freedom of writing, speaking or thinking I cannot choose but laugh. No such thing ever existed. No such thing now exists; but I hope it will exist. But it must be hundreds of years after you and I shall write and speak no more.
We are immortal until our work on earth is done.
In the end we discover the only condition for living is to die.
The proper function of man is to live, not to exist. I shall not waste my days in trying to prolong them. I shall use my time.