" It is an interesting concept, is it not- the idea of never aging? Would it appeal to you, to be rich, beautiful, and eternally young?" " I think everyone has a desire for perennial youth," I admitted, " but in the end, this is a Faustian, cautionary tale, about vanity and frivolity, and the dangers of trying to interfere with the basic laws of life and death. When I really think about it, I would not wish to be young for ever." " No? And why not?" " Because I would be obliged to watch everyone I loved grow old and die." " What if that were not the case? What if there was one person whom you loved deeply, with whom you could live on for ever, under the same terms?" I hesitated, then said: " Perhaps then it would prove agreeable, as long it did not involve selling my soul to the Devil. "