" It is her wish to travel to Earth," the robant said patiently. "She is three hundred and fifty years old and they have ceased giving her sustenation treatments. She wishes to visit Earth before she dies."
"But it's a myth!" Andrews exploded. He opened and closed his mouth, but no words came.
"How much?" the old woman said. "How much? "

― Philip K. Dick , The Collected Stories of Philip K. Dick 2: We Can Remember it for You Wholesale