"Nobody owns life, but anyone who can pick up a frying pan owns death."

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"Nobody owns life, but anyone who can pick up a frying pan owns death."

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"But thought's the slave of life, and life time's fool;And time, that takes survey of all the world,Must have a stop. O, I could prophesy,But that the earthy and cold hand of deathLies on my tongue."

William Shakespeare, English Dramatist

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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

Mortality, Life, Death, Uncertainty, Afterlife

"Die, v.: To stop sinning suddenly."

Elbert Hubbard, American Writer

Mortality, Death, Humor, Irony, Morality

"We're going to die, and that makes us the lucky ones."

Richard Dawkins, English Scientist

Mortality, Death, Luck, Life

"Alive ridiculous and dead forgot?"

Alexander Pope, English Poet

Mortality, Life, Death, Forgotten

"Among the tortures and devastations of life is this then-our friends are not able to finish their stories."

Virginia Woolf, British Author

Mortality, Friendship, Story, Grief

"He was going to die soon, you knew when you saw those eyes. There was no sign of life in his flesh, just the barest traces of what had once been a life. His body was like a dilapidated old house from which all furniture and fixtures have been removed and which awaited now only its final demolition."

Haruki Murakami, Japanese Writer

Mortality, Death, Life, Decay, Body

"Art is long, and Time is fleeting, And our hearts, though stout and brave, Still, like muffled drums, are beating. Funeral marches to the grave."

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, American Poet

Mortality, Time, Life, Heart

"Certain aspects of dying are still a mystery to me now, but as I grow and study life more, the end of my life becomes more of a certain truth."

Innocent Mwatsikesimbe, Swedish Businessman

Mortality, Death, Truth, Acceptance

"Are-you dying?" she asked."Just can't breathe. This air.""Poor, poor-good lord. I've forgotten your name.""Hell of a thing.""Barney!"He clutched her."No! Don't stop!" She arched her back. Her teeth chattered."I wasn't going to," he said. "Oooaugh!"He laughed."Don't please laugh at me.""Not meant unkindly."A long silence, then. Then, "Oof."

Philip K. Dick, American Writer

Mortality, Dying, Name, Silence, Passion

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"Most of the trouble in this world has been caused by folks who can't mind their own business, because they have no business of their own to mind, any more than a smallpox virus has."

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"Desperation is the raw material of drastic change. Only those who can leave behind everything they have ever believed in can hope to escape."

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"Admittedly, a homosexual can be conditioned to react sexually to a woman, or to an old boot for that matter. In fact, both homo - and heterosexual experimental subjects have been conditioned to react sexually to an old boot, and you can save a lot of money that way."

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"But thought's the slave of life, and life time's fool;And time, that takes survey of all the world,Must have a stop. O, I could prophesy,But that the earthy and cold hand of deathLies on my tongue."

"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?"

"Die, v.: To stop sinning suddenly."

"We're going to die, and that makes us the lucky ones."

"Alive ridiculous and dead forgot?"

"Among the tortures and devastations of life is this then-our friends are not able to finish their stories."

"Art is long, and Time is fleeting, And our hearts, though stout and brave, Still, like muffled drums, are beating. Funeral marches to the grave."

"Certain aspects of dying are still a mystery to me now, but as I grow and study life more, the end of my life becomes more of a certain truth."

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"Man is an artifact designed for space travel. He is not designed to remain in his present biologic state any more than a tadpole is designed to remain a tadpole."

"Hemingway was a prisoner of his style. No one can talk like the characters in Hemingway except the characters in Hemingway. His style in the wildest sense finally killed him."

"How I hate those who are dedicated to producing conformity."

"In deep sadness there is no place for sentimentality."

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"Most of the trouble in this world has been caused by folks who can't mind their own business, because they have no business of their own to mind, any more than a smallpox virus has."

"The cat does not offer services. The cat offers itself. Of course he wants care and shelter. You don't buy love for nothing."

"The face of evil is always the face of total need."

"Desperation is the raw material of drastic change. Only those who can leave behind everything they have ever believed in can hope to escape."

"Admittedly, a homosexual can be conditioned to react sexually to a woman, or to an old boot for that matter. In fact, both homo - and heterosexual experimental subjects have been conditioned to react sexually to an old boot, and you can save a lot of money that way."