# Quote — Dan Simmons, The Rise of Endymion

> “There is no guarantee of happiness, wisdom, or long life if you drink of me this evening,” she says, very softly. There is no nirvana. There is no salvation. There is no afterlife. There is no rebirth. There is only immense knowledge—of the heart as well as the mind—and the potential for great discoveries, great adventures, and and a guarantee of more of the pain and terror that make up so much of our short lives.”

- Author: [Dan Simmons](https://www.leafyquotes.com/dan-simmons.md)
- Book: [The Rise of Endymion](https://www.leafyquotes.com/dan-simmons/the-rise-of-endymion.md)
- Page: 408
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- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/dan-simmons/the-rise-of-endymion/there-is-no-guarantee

## More from this book

> If one is to observe, M. Endymion, one must be in the proper place to observe.

p. 701 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/dan-simmons/the-rise-of-endymion/if-one-is-to-observe.md)

> “One of the few benefits of the fall of civilization as we know it,” he says, “is that there are private cellars with fine vintages everywhere one digs. It is not theft. It is archaeology.”

p. 674 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/dan-simmons/the-rise-of-endymion/one-of-the.md)

> There are no ghosts, my love. Death is final. The soul is that ineffable combination of memory and personality which we carry through life...when life departs, the soul also dies. Except for what we leave in the memory of those who loved us.

p. 578 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/dan-simmons/the-rise-of-endymion/there-are-no-ghosts.md)