"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."

Mortality, Life, Death, Violence, Fear

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"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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"There is no conclusive evidence of life after death, but there is no evidence of any sort against it. Soon enough you will know, so why fret about it?"

Robert A. Heinlein, American Writer

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"After you die, a rare friend or family member may carry your memory throughout life. Most will forget you. As if you were never here."

Fakeer Ishavardas, Indian Spiritual Leader

Mortality, Death, Memory, Existence, Life

"Personally, I always wondered about authors and celebrities who loudly declared there was no God. It was usually when they were healthy and popular and being listened to by crowds. What happens, I wondered, in the quiet moments before death? By then, they have lost the stage, the world has moved on. If suddenly, in their last gasping moments, through fear, a vision, a late enlightenment, they change their minds about God, who would know?"

Mitch Albom, American Writer

Mortality, Authors, God, Popular, Death

"One can not come back from life."

Ljupka Cvetanova, Macedonian Author

Mortality, Life, Death, Journey, Existence

"Nothing matters when you are dead, and, you are dead when nothing matters."

Mokokoma Mokhonoana, South African Philosopher

Mortality, Death, Truth, Existence, Philosophy

"Let an illness, a duel, a runaway horse make us see death face to face, and how richly we should have enjoyed the life of pleasure, the travels in unknown lands, which are about to be snatched from us! And no sooner is the danger past than we resume once more the same dull life in which none of those delights existed for us."

Marcel Proust, French Author

Mortality, Death, Life, Regret, Reflection

"Should we put out the light? And then put out the light. But once put out thy light, I cannot give it vital breath again. It needs must wither."

Anne Rice, American Novelist

Mortality, Light, Death, Loss, Regret

"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."

Carlos Ruiz Zafon, Spanish Novelist

Mortality, Death, Hatred, Fear, Humanity

"Instead, he would make death his final project, the center point of his days. Since everyone was going to die, he could be of great value, right? He could be research. A human textbook. Study me in my slow and patient demise. Watch what happens to me. Learn with me."

Mitch Albom, American Writer

Mortality, Death, Research, Life, Learning

"When the body escaped mutilation, seldom did the heart go to the grave unscarred."

Virginia Woolf, British Author

Mortality, Death, Pain, Heart, Trauma

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"There is no conclusive evidence of life after death, but there is no evidence of any sort against it. Soon enough you will know, so why fret about it?"

"After you die, a rare friend or family member may carry your memory throughout life. Most will forget you. As if you were never here."

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"Should we put out the light? And then put out the light. But once put out thy light, I cannot give it vital breath again. It needs must wither."

"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."

"Instead, he would make death his final project, the center point of his days. Since everyone was going to die, he could be of great value, right? He could be research. A human textbook. Study me in my slow and patient demise. Watch what happens to me. Learn with me."

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"All the war-propaganda, all the screaming and lies and hatred, comes invariably from people who are not fighting."

"The very concept of objective truth is fading out of the world. Lies will pass into history."

"Every war when it comes, or before it comes, is represented not as a war but as an act of self-defense against a homicidal maniac."