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"Death is the sound of distant thunder at a picnic."



W. H. Auden



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A man who won't die for something is not fit to live.

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Our dead are never dead to us until we have forgotten them.

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Death is the last chapter in time, but the first chapter in eternity.

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Life asked death, 'Why do people love me but hate you?' Death responded, 'Because you are a beautiful lie and I am a painful truth.'

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Death is not the end. There remains the litigation over the estate.

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Death is a challenge. It tells us not to waste time. It tells us to tell each other right now that we love each other.

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Death ends a life, not a relationship.

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The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.

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