# Our Eternity

Author: Maeterlinck, Maurice, 1862-1949; Teixeira de Mattos, Alexander, 1865-1921 [Translator]

Genre: Category: Philosophy & Ethics

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/50399

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Our+Eternity+Maeterlinck&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

“Death and death alone is what we must consult about life; and not some vague future or survival, where we shall not be. It is our own end; and everything happens in the interval between death and now. Do not talk to me of those imaginary prolongations which wield over us the childish spell of number; do not talk to me—to me who am to die outright—of societies and peoples! There is no reality, there is no true duration, save that between the cradle and the grave. The rest is mere bombast, show, delusion! They call me a master because of some magic in my speech and thoughts; but I am a frightened child in the presence of death!”[1]

## Chapters

- [CHAPTER VI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/our-eternity-50399/chapters/6/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/our-eternity-50399/chapters/8/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/our-eternity-50399/chapters/1/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/our-eternity-50399/chapters/3/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/our-eternity-50399/chapters/11/index.md)
- [CHAPTER X](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/our-eternity-50399/chapters/10/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IX](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/our-eternity-50399/chapters/9/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/our-eternity-50399/chapters/7/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/our-eternity-50399/chapters/12/index.md)
- [CHAPTER V](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/our-eternity-50399/chapters/5/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/our-eternity-50399/chapters/4/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/our-eternity-50399/chapters/2/index.md)