"Though it be in the power of the weakest arm to take away life, it is not in the strongest to deprive us of death."

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"Though it be in the power of the weakest arm to take away life, it is not in the strongest to deprive us of death."

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"See, I have set before you this day life and good, death and evil... I have set before you life and death, blessing and curse; therefore choose life."

Jesus Christ, Jewish Clergyman

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"That the God-man died for his people, and that His death is their life, is an idea which was in some degree foreshadowed by the older mystical sacrifices."

William Robertson Smith, Scottish Scientist

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"The dead aren't scary. They are just sad."

Rick Riordan, American Novelist

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"We each owe a death, there are no exceptions, I know that, but sometimes, oh God, the Green Mile is so long."

Stephen King, American Author

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"Yet she must die, else she'll betray more men.Put out the light, and then put out the light:If I quench thee, thou flaming minister,I can again thy former light restore,Should I repent me: but once put out thy light,Thou cunning'st pattern of excelling nature,I know not where is that Promethean heatThat can thy light relume."

William Shakespeare, English Dramatist

Death, Light, Truth, Emotion

"It was an indulgence, learning last words. Other people had chocolate; I had dying declarations."

John Green, American Author

Death, Learning, Word, Legacy

"Nothing in his life became him like leaving it."

William Shakespeare, English Dramatist

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"Susan stared at him.The blue glow in Death's eyes gradually faded, and as the light died it sucked at her gaze so that it was dragged into the eye sockets and into the darkness beyond, which went on and on, for ever. There was no word for it. Even eternity was a human idea. Giving it a name gave it a length; admittedly, a very long one. But this darkness was what was left when eternity had given up. It was where Death lived. Alone."

Terry Pratchett, English Author

Death, Truth, Power, Wisdom, Life

"Do not seek death. Death will find you. But seek the road which makes death a fulfillment."

Dag Hammarskjold, Swedish Diplomat

Death, Fulfillment, Road, Will

"Put no inscription over the grave, except the date of my birth and my death; and, wherever I am buried, let the funeral be perfectly private, with as few persons attending, and as little show and expense as possible."

Isaac Butt, Irish Politician

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"See, I have set before you this day life and good, death and evil... I have set before you life and death, blessing and curse; therefore choose life."

"That the God-man died for his people, and that His death is their life, is an idea which was in some degree foreshadowed by the older mystical sacrifices."

"The dead aren't scary. They are just sad."

"We each owe a death, there are no exceptions, I know that, but sometimes, oh God, the Green Mile is so long."

"It was an indulgence, learning last words. Other people had chocolate; I had dying declarations."

"Nothing in his life became him like leaving it."

"Do not seek death. Death will find you. But seek the road which makes death a fulfillment."

"Put no inscription over the grave, except the date of my birth and my death; and, wherever I am buried, let the funeral be perfectly private, with as few persons attending, and as little show and expense as possible."

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"Man is a noble animal, splendid in ashes, and pompous in the grave."

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"It is the common wonder of all men, how among so many million faces, there should be none alike."

"Be charitable before wealth makes you covetous."

"Let age, not envy, draw wrinkles on thy cheeks."

"We carry within us the wonders we seek without us."

"We all labor against our own cure, for death is the cure of all diseases."

"Be able to be alone. Lose not the advantage of solitude, and the society of thyself."