More than a month had passed since they first met; and though they had not since personally encountered each other, they had, every day and hour, in spirit; for their love was of that pure essence which neither time nor space can divide, which, born in heaven, outlives decay, and against which neither the powers of the earth, nor the spirits of darkness, can prevail; that heavenly spark which, in an instant kindled, burns brightly for eternity!
"The Prime Minister"
W.H.G. Kingston
It has been truly said that the concupiscence of the eye outlives desire.
"The Orchard of Tears"
Sax Rohmer
He had always been accustomed to think that the spirit was essentially the governing thing in man, that indestructible, fierce, beautiful flame which surely outlives death and time.
"The Woman With The Fan"
Robert Hichens