The human mind gets used to strangeness very quickly if it does not exhibit interesting behavior. - Dan Simmons

No lifetime is long enough for those who wish to create, Raul. Or for those who simply wish to understand themselves and their lives. It is, perhaps, the curse of being human, but also a blessing.

I was not surprised to wake up alive. I suppose one is surprised only when one awakens dead.

De Soya blinks. “Suicide is a mortal sin,” he says.
On the screen the girl nods seriously. “Yes,” she says, “but I am not a Christian. Also, I'd rather go to hell than go with you.”