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"The ear disapproves but tolerates certain musical pieces; transfer them into the domain of our nose, and we will be forced to flee."

"Since the day of my birth, my death began its walk. It is walking toward me, without hurrying."

"The actual tragedies of life bear no relation to one's preconceived ideas. In the event, one is always bewildered by their simplicity, their grandeur of design, and by that element of the bizarre which seems inherent in them."
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"You are whatever you shall leave behind when you leave life!"

"It's a harrowing experience to see death approaching in haste towards you, what is hell but confronting your own mortality."

"Fair... You'd be amazed how often I hear that word, Frank Zhang,and how meaningless it is. Is it fair your life will burn so short and bright? Was it fair when I guided your mother to the Underworld? No, not fair. And yet it was her time. There is no fairness in Death. If you free me, I will do my duty."

"The "kingdom of Heaven" is a condition of the heart - not something that comes "upon the earth" or "after death.""
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