How long I might live is beyond my control; how long I will live, in the sense of truly living, is mine.
Quamdiu sim alienum est: quamdiu ero, (vere) ut sim, meum est.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca – Roman philosopher (4 B.C.-65 A.C.), from “Epistulae morales ad Lucilium”, Liber XV, letter 93 (written 64), Quotations book 2021