"Instead of joyfully looking forward to my birth, my mother began systematically preparing for her own death. She was fatalistic."

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"Instead of joyfully looking forward to my birth, my mother began systematically preparing for her own death. She was fatalistic."

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"Death is the wish of some, the relief of many, and the end of all."

"The stroke of death is as a lover's pinch, which hurts and is desired."

"Take the dead from the dead, the old proverb said; only a corpse may speak true prophecy."

"Death has a life which kills everybody's life."

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"Death is a fearful thing."

"Cowards die many times before their deaths; the valiant never taste of death but once."

"Death is easier than a wretched life; and better never to have born than to live and fare badly."

"The day which we fear as our last is but the birthday of eternity."

"NAUGHTY AND NICE? said Death. BUT IT'S EASY TO BE NICE IF YOU'RE RICH. IS THIS FAIR?Albert wanted to argue. He wanted to say, Really? In that case, how come so many of the rich buggers is bastards? And being poor don't mean being naughty, neither."

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"The eyebrow pencil and false eyelashes were essential; my mother didn't feel dressed without them."

"People come up to me as I leave the stage after a performance and tell me tey saw my mother onstage with me every time I sing. I keep a sense of humor about it."

"My mother's suicide attempts were a way to release anxiety and get attention. Some of the attempts were drug reactions she didn't even remember later on."

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