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title: "6 Dying Today Quotes by 5 authors"
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> [Important thing is not the me that's lying here, but the me that's sitting on the edge of the bed looking back…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-bradbury/important-thing-is-not-the-me-that-s-lying-here-but-the-me-that-s/)

[Ray Bradbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-bradbury/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/131/ray-bradbury-75_bed_important-thing-is-not-the-me-that-s-lyi_728822.jpg)

> [“The lives that ended that night mattered. It was a mistake for this city to try to forget, and it's an even…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jennifer-latham/the-lives-that-ended-that-night-mattered-it-was-a-mistake-for-this/)

[Jennifer Latham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jennifer-latham/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/40c/jennifer-latham-32157_failure_the-lives-that-ended-that-night-mattered_951631.jpg)

> [What you don't see on television is people dying today because they can't get to a doctor and they can't afford prescription…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernie-sanders/what-you-don-t-see-on-television-is-people-dying-today-because-they/)

[Bernie Sanders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernie-sanders/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ac0/bernie-sanders-233_air_what-you-don-t-see-on-television-is-peop_1531087.jpg)

> [I'm not really dying today. No person ever died that had a family. I'll be around a long time. A thousand years…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-bradbury/i-m-not-really-dying-today-no-person-ever-died-that-had-a-family-i-ll/)

[Ray Bradbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-bradbury/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fa7/ray-bradbury-75_apples_i-m-not-really-dying-today-no-person-eve_1619162.jpg)

> [I just broke my personal record of days without dying today.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/i-just-broke-my-personal-record-of-days-without-dying-today/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e5e/anonymous-1_death_i-just-broke-my-personal-record-of-days_2151945.jpg)

> [Living for today will bring about dying for today. You can't just think 'I'm going to die anyway', because that's what's stopping…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/queen-latifah/living-for-today-will-bring-about-dying-for-today-you-can-t-just/)

[Queen Latifah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/queen-latifah/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e26/queen-latifah-1560_death_living-for-today-will-bring-about-dying_3030668.jpg)

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