"To every man his little cross. Till he dies. And is forgotten."

Mortality, Burden, Life, Memory, Existence

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"To every man his little cross. Till he dies. And is forgotten."

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"After sixty years the stern sentence of the burial service seems to have a meaning that one did not notice in former years. There begins to be something personal about it."

Oliver Wendell Holmes, American Writer

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"Writing keeps death at bay. Every book I write is a triumph over death. ... If we did not know we'd die, we'd wander around and sleep like cats."

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"Fear of death is form of stasis horrors. The dead weight of time."

William S. Burroughs, American Writer

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"Everything we do really is just a little marker on the long road to death. And sometimes that's overwhelmingly depressing to me, and sometimes it makes me feel kinship and forgiveness. We've all got the same ending to the story. The way we make that story more elaborate, I got to respect."

Joss Whedon, American Writer

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"Every thought about death takes a moment of life away."

Dejan Stojanovic, Serbian Philosopher

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"He is terribly afraid of dying because he hasn't yet lived."

Franz Kafka, Austrian Novelist

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"Men are never convinced of your reasons, of your sincerity, of the seriousness of your sufferings, except by your death. So long as you are alive, your case is doubtful; you have a right only to their skepticism."

Albert Camus, French Philosopher

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"I have died at the ripe age of twenty.Smile, for the world didn't get a chance to disappoint me.I have died at the mature age of ninety.Smile, for my life was more than satisfying.I have died suddenly-out of the blue.Smile, for I didn't have to fall ill before you.I have died from a long illness.Smile, for I had the chance to say goodbye.I did not want to leave this Earth.But smile, for I am still here among you.Why are you crying?Can you not see I am smiling?"

Kamand Kojouri, Iranian Poet

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