Sri Aurobindo
Letters of Sri Aurobindo
Volume I - Part 3
Fragment ID: 10404
What you say about being tired of life, is true. Edison’s family was very long lived but his grandfather after a century found it too long and died because he wanted to. On the other hand there are men who are strongly vital and do not get tired of life, like the Turk who died recently at 150, I think, but was still eager to live.