"I do not think seventy years is the time of a man or woman,
Nor that seventy millions of years is the time of a man or a woman,
Nor that years will ever stop the existence of me, or any one else.
Is it wonderful that I should be immortal?
as every one is immortal;
I know it is wonderful, but my eyesight is equally wonderful,
and how I was conceived in my mother's womb is equally wonderful,
[...]
And that my soul embraces you this hour, and we affect each other without ever seeing each other, and never perhaps see each other, is every bit as wonderful."
(Walt Whitman. from: 'Who learns my lesson complete')
