"The most tragic and deviant behaviour of all is that we live our lives like we will never die, and nonetheless we never live at all."

Mortality, Life, Tragedy, Awareness

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"The most tragic and deviant behaviour of all is that we live our lives like we will never die, and nonetheless we never live at all."

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"Tombstones covered the dale, the smooth marble surfaces bright. She had spent days here as a teenager, though not out of any awareness of mortality. Like every adolescent, she intended to live forever."

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"The very possibility of death focuses the mind wonderfully."

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"Will be there any spinoff?A lesson?Person of Interest have a lessons... first we all die alone as a second when you start understanding the somebody... it comes a moment when the cards end up and he dies."

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"And then his noise falls completely silent-And he stops struggling-And looking right into my eyes-He dies.My Todd dies."

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"Ay, but to die, and go we know not where;To lie in cold obstruction and to rot;This sensible warm motion to becomeA kneaded clod; and the delighted spiritTo bathe in fiery floods, or to resideIn thrilling region of thick-ribbed ice;To be imprison'd in the viewless winds,And blown with restless violence round aboutThe pendent world; or to be worse than worstOf those that lawless and incertain thoughtImagine howling: 'tis too horrible!The weariest and most loathed worldly lifeThat age, ache, penury and imprisonmentCan lay on nature is a paradiseTo what we fear of death."

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"When we died, no one would know, and that fraction of a moment that was so important to who we were would be gone."

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"He who has little problems, shows little love. He who has overcome huge problems, has giant love. Because he understands what it means and won't have others suffer like he did."

Empathy

"If you are open to life's lessons and do not feed on beliefs and prejudices, you are like a blank sheet of paper on which God writes his messages to you in holy ink."

Strength

"THE MOST HURTFUL BELIEF: We live in a world where we are taught that we get by taking."

Belief

"All of us suffer in life, but the ones who bring the suffering find the greatest pain. The wounds we inflict upon others are the most painful for us."

Suffering

"Love is what remains after the falling in love is gone."

Endurance

"If you're tired, if you're in pain, if you're worried or afraid - you're human. Remember that Superman is not your patron Saint. Be kind to you."

Fear

"The fear of God is an insane idea. God is love and 'there is no fear in love, because perfect love casts out all fear."

Peace

"When you enter a relationship, ask yourself: Will I be prisoner to an idol by seeing the body, or free in relationship by seeing the soul?"

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"In the pursuit of dreams, we all have different beginnings. Your past is not negotiable. You must let go of the hope for a better past."

Growth

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