“Just as long as my spirit’s alive…” he answered. “What I'm like is my business.” “Fine! But this spirit of yours—doesn't your physical deterioration ever weaken it?” “The body decays, I know that. And that's precisely why I prefer to look after my spirit. You, too, I expect." “But how can you bear to watch your physical being slowly fail? There's no spirit left to look after, you know, once the body’s dead." “Watching that way means being alive," he said, unfazed.
“Fine! But this spirit of yours—doesn't your physical deterioration ever weaken it?”
“The body decays, I know that. And that's precisely why I prefer to look after my spirit. You, too, I expect."
“But how can you bear to watch your physical being slowly fail? There's no spirit left to look after, you know, once the body’s dead."
“Watching that way means being alive," he said, unfazed.