"Man has the possibility of existence after death. But possibility is one thing and the realization of the possibility is quite a different thing."

Death, Possibility, Existence, Man

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"Man has the possibility of existence after death. But possibility is one thing and the realization of the possibility is quite a different thing."

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Emily Greene Balch, American Educator

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"Who will grieve for this woman? Does she not seem too insignificant for our concern? Yet in my heart I never will deny her, Who suffered death because she chose to turn."

Anna Akhmatova, Russian Poet

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"Fyodor Pavlovitch was drunk when he heard of his wife's death, and the story is that he ran out into the street and began shouting with joy, raising his hands to Heaven: "Lord, now lettest Thou Thy servant depart in peace," but others say he wept without restraint like a little child, so much so that people were sorry for him, in spite of the repulsion he inspired. It is quite possible that both versions were true, that he rejoiced at his release, and at the same time wept for her who released him."

Fyodor Dostoevsky, Russian Novelist

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"I balanced all, brought all to mind, the years to come seemed waste of breath, a waste of breath the years behind, in balance with this life, this death."

William Butler Yeats, Irish Poet

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"If we openly declare what is wrong with us, what is our deepest need, then perhaps the death and despair will by degrees disappear."

J. B. Priestley, British Writer

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