"Death's an old joke, but each individual encounters it anew."

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"Death's an old joke, but each individual encounters it anew."

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"Again, somehow, one saw life, a pure bead. I lifted the pencil again, useless though I knew it to be. But even as I did so, the unmistakable tokens of death showed themselves. The body relaxed, and instantly grew stiff. The struggle was over. The insignificant little creature now knew death. As I looked at the dead moth, this minute wayside triumph of so great a force over so mean an antagonist filled me with wonder. Just as life had been strange a few minutes before, so death was now as strange."

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"How strange this fear of death is! We are never frightened at a sunset."

George MacDonald, Scottish Novelist

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Doug Coupland, Canadian Author

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Hedy Lamarr, Austrian Actress

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"Death and life have their determined appointments; riches and honors depend upon heaven."

Confucius, Chinese Philosopher

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"People praise virtue, but they hate it, they run away from it. It freezes you to death, and in this world you've got to keep your feet warm."

Denis Diderot, French Editor

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