Full Idea
Not to desire that what we love should be immortal. We should desire neither the immortality nor the death of any human being, whoever he may be, with whom we have to do.
Gist of Idea
We should never desire the immortality of the people we love
Source
Simone Weil (Gravity and Grace [1942], 'Detachment')
Book Reference
Weil,Simone: 'Gravity and Grace', ed/tr. Crawford/De Ruhr [Routledge 1952], p.15
A Reaction
The reason why we should not desire their immortality seems a good insight into love. Personally I would certainly desire the death of the occasional hideous human being.