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It is said that mourning, by its gradual labour, slowly erases pain; I could not, I cannot believe this; because for me,… — Roland Barthes Copy Share Image
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I was smoking a huge amount and having real bad premonitions and then I got this role where the guy dies of… — Gerard Butler Copy Share Image
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Time goes on, and your life is still there, and you have to live it. After a while you remember the good… — Lois Lowry Copy Share Image
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“The tags' chain stirs with the wind; and I sleep Paid, dead, and a soldier. Who fights for his own life Loses,… — Randall Jarrell Copy Share Image
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Don't hate life and death or love life and death. Keep your every thought free of delusion, and in life you'll witness… — Bodhidharma Copy Share Image
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Each day, we wake slightly altered, and the person we were yesterday is dead. So why, one could say, be afraid of… — John Updike Copy Share Image
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The recent death of Gene McCarthy reminded me of a lesson I spent a long, long time unlearning, so now I have… — Molly Ivins Copy Share Image
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“For specific causes of death, compared with regular meat eaters, low meat eaters had ~30–45% lower mortality from pancreatic cancer, respiratory disease,… — Paul Appleby Copy Share Image
During a long and varied career as a bachelor, dear spouse [mock platform manner], I have noticed that marriage is usually the… — Arnold Bennett Copy Share Image
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I like to behave in an extremely normal, wholesome manner for the most part in my daily life. Even if mentally I'm… — Courtney Love Copy Share Image
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You soon learn there’s no elegance or dignity in death if you spend time in the castle kitchens. You learn how ugly… — Mark Lawrence Copy Share Image
For me, the most powerful way to write about something is through the absence of it. Rather than writing about what it… — Nicole Krauss Copy Share Image
“When I reflect on the stories of death supported by hospice care and contrast it with our story depicting an absence of… — Lisa J. Shultz Copy Share Image
The wise man neither rejects life nor fears death... just as he does not necessarily choose the largest amount of food, but,… — Epicurus Copy Share Image
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