"I can't die yet, doctor. Not yet. I have things to do. Afterwords I'll have a whole lifetime in which to die."

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"I can't die yet, doctor. Not yet. I have things to do. Afterwords I'll have a whole lifetime in which to die."

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"Many want to live long, and ignore pangs of eternity."

Toba Beta, Indonesian Author

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"Life is but a breath. The end of life is the last breath of a man."

Lailah Gifty Akita, Ghanaian Author

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"Never fear Death for you will feel aroused by his sleep. Never cheat death or he will slap you with a sentence of misery for the defeat."

Suzy Kassem, American Writer

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"The driver, a black silhouette upon his box, whipped up his bony horses. Icy silence in the coach. Marius, motionless, his body braced in the corner of the carriage, his head dropping down upon his breast, his arms hanging, his legs rigid, appeared to await nothing now but a coffin; Jean Valjean seemed made of shadow, and Javert of stone."

Victor Hugo, French Author

Mortality, Death, Darkness, Silence, Emotion

"The fact that you have just buried your parent or parents and/or sibling or siblings does not make you less likely to die today."

Mokokoma Mokhonoana, South African Philosopher

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"Let me tell you something about dying: it's not as bad as they says.it's the coming-back-to-life part that hurts."

Lauren Oliver, American Author

Mortality, Death, Life, Experience, Pain

"I was sorry to have my name mentioned as one of the great authors, because they have a sad habit of dying off. Chaucer is dead, Spencer is dead, so is Milton, so is Shakespeare, and I'm not feeling so well myself."

Mark Twain, American Author

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"The thin line between life and death is still under construction."

Santosh Kalwar, Nepalese Poet

Mortality, Life, Death, Uncertainty, Existence

"Death, a necessary end, will come when it will come."

William Shakespeare, English Dramatist

Mortality, Death, Truth, Wisdom, Power

"One wants to live, of course, indeed one only stays alive by virtue of the fear of death, but I think, as I thought then, that it is better to die violently and not too old."

George Orwell, British Author

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"Delving into the past had unveiled a cruel lesson - that in the book of life it is perhaps best not to turn back pages; it was a path on which, whatever direction we took, we'd never be able to choose our own destiny."

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"Many want to live long, and ignore pangs of eternity."

"Life is but a breath. The end of life is the last breath of a man."

"Never fear Death for you will feel aroused by his sleep. Never cheat death or he will slap you with a sentence of misery for the defeat."

"The fact that you have just buried your parent or parents and/or sibling or siblings does not make you less likely to die today."

"Let me tell you something about dying: it's not as bad as they says.it's the coming-back-to-life part that hurts."

"I was sorry to have my name mentioned as one of the great authors, because they have a sad habit of dying off. Chaucer is dead, Spencer is dead, so is Milton, so is Shakespeare, and I'm not feeling so well myself."

"The thin line between life and death is still under construction."

"Death, a necessary end, will come when it will come."

"One wants to live, of course, indeed one only stays alive by virtue of the fear of death, but I think, as I thought then, that it is better to die violently and not too old."

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"Destiny is usually just around the corner. Like a thief, a hooker, or a lottery vendor: its three most common personifications. But what destiny does not do is home visits. You have to go for it."

"Some like to believe it's the book that chooses the person."

"Paris is the only city in the world where starving to death is still considered an art."

"People talk too much. Humans aren't descended from monkeys. They come from parrots."

"But I couldn't absorb the idea that death could actually walk by my side, with a human face and a heart that was poisoned with hatred."

"Books are mirrors: you only see in them what you already have inside you."

"Delving into the past had unveiled a cruel lesson - that in the book of life it is perhaps best not to turn back pages; it was a path on which, whatever direction we took, we'd never be able to choose our own destiny."