"The saddest thing about death, whether it's our own or someone we care for, is when the world doesn't stop we do."

Mortality, Death, World, Loss, Sadness

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"The saddest thing about death, whether it's our own or someone we care for, is when the world doesn't stop we do."

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"I think Bonzo died. I dreamed about it last night. I remembered the way he looked after I jammed his face with my head. I think I must have pushed his nose back into his brain. The blood was coming out of his eyes. I think he was dead right then."

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"A chap's impending death has a way of focusing the mind."

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"Life has an end. We are all on a transit."

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"You don't need a sad soul to feel the beauty of a dead graveJust stay with the pale moonwhen darkness wants the night to be brave."

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"To die is different from what anyone supposed, and luckier."

John Green, American Author

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"Do I wither up and disappear, or do I make the best of my time left?.. He would not wither. He would not be ashamed of dying."

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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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"When we're all gone at last then there'll be nobody here but death and his days will be numbered too. He'll be out in the road there with nothing to do and nobody to do it to. He'll say: where did everybody go? And that's how it will be. What's wrong with that?"

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"If you weren't built for this life, you'd be dead by now. i think the problem is people don't share enough of their pain with the world, so they never know who else is in pain, too, and what others are going through. we're never really alone in anything."

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"Some days I feel like I will die for them. Some days, with them."

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"I will help build your museum. When you run out of space to hang your work. You can hang your work in mine."

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"I sometimes sit on my roof. Not to be closer to god. To be further from y'all."

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"Because you thought love was just gonna be there. You weren't taught that it had to be made, it had to be mixed, kneaded, recycled. Over and over, you have to keep creating it. Over and over with everyone you love. Over and over."

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"Once a year I need to hear you tell me how proud you are of me for growing a little more."

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"There are institutions filled with people who talk to god. we've labeled and drugged them."

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"Your dreams are so far outside of your comfort zone, you've convinced yourself you don't dream at all."

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"The meetings and marches and vigils are cool, but if the enemy isn't present, you're just talking slick to a can of oil."

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"You can't fight and claim you want to be free from the oppressor while still holding tight to things the oppressor gave you."

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