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You can be a king or a street sweeper, but everybody dances with the Grim Reaper.

I look at life as a gift of God. Now that he wants it back I have no right to complain.

I am become death, shatterer of worlds.

Loss and possession, Death and life are one. There falls no shadow where There shines no sun.

How long after you are gone will ripples remain as evidence that you were cast into the pool of life?.

One death is a tragedy. A million deaths is a statistic.

A nation or civilization that continues to produce soft-minded men purchases its own spiritual death on an installment plan.

The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly; it is dearness only that gives everything its value. I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress and grow brave by reflection. 'Tis the business of little minds to shrink; but he whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves his conduct, will pursue his principles unto death.

He is one of those people who would be enormously improved by death.

Tears are sometimes an inappropriate response to death. When a life has been lived completely honestly, completely successfully, or just completely, the correct response to death's perfect punctuation mark is a smile.

The effect of having other interests beyond those domestic works well. The more one does and sees and feels, the more one is able to do, and the more genuine may be one's appreciation of fundamental things like home, and love, and understanding companionship.

The bitterest tears shed over graves are for words left unsaid and deeds left undone.

Nothing you can lose by dying is half as precious as the readiness to die, which is man's charter of nobility.

Death came with friendly care; The opening bud to heaven conveyed, And bade it blossom there.

It is better to die on your feet than to live on your knees.

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

It was from an old friend who . thought he was dying. Anyway, he said, Life and death issues don't come along that often, thank God, so don't treat everything like it's life or death. Go easier.

Anything I've ever done that ultimately was worthwhile... initially scared me to death.

Suicide would be my way of telling God that I quit.

To fear love is to fear life, and those who fear life are already three parts dead.