--- title: "Meaning & Key Takeaway of: And there, surrounded by death above and…" description: "\"“And there, surrounded by death above and below, he sticks his tongue out and tastes the sweetness of life.”\" — Danny Scheinmann" image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e66/danny-scheinmann-28436_death_and-there-surrounded-by-death-above-and_1016618.jpg" --- # And there, surrounded by death above and below, he sticks… ![“And there, surrounded by death above and below, he sticks his tongue out and tastes the sweetness of life.” quote by Danny Scheinmann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e66/danny-scheinmann-28436_death_and-there-surrounded-by-death-above-and_1016618.jpg) [Download](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e66/danny-scheinmann-28436_death_and-there-surrounded-by-death-above-and_1016618.jpg) [Open image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e66/danny-scheinmann-28436_death_and-there-surrounded-by-death-above-and_1016618.jpg) > ““And there, surrounded by death above and below, he sticks his tongue out and tastes the sweetness of life.”” [Danny Scheinmann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/danny-scheinmann/) ## About This Quote This interpretation was drafted with AI assistance. It is one reading of the quote, not the author's own explanation. In the face of death, the protagonist finds joy by savoring life's simple pleasures. **In simple terms:** Finding joy despite death. Key Takeaway Seek small joys even in darkness. Themes mortality joy perspective Mood reflective hopeful Type literary inspirational When to use this quote - grief counseling - war zones - terminal illness - personal crisis Key Concepts existentialism mindfulness Questions to Reflect On - How do you find sweetness in hardship? - What small pleasures sustain you? A Different Perspective Joy may be fleeting and can mask deeper suffering. ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet [Death](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/death/) [Life](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/life/) ## Related quotes > [The ear tests words as the tongue tastes food. -Job 34:3 NIV](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bible/the-ear-tests-words-as-the-tongue-tastes-food-job-34-3-niv/) [Bible](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bible/) > [She tastes like nectar and salt. Nectar and salt and apples. Pollen and stars and hinges. She tastes like fairy tales. Swan maiden at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laini-taylor/she-tastes-like-nectar-and-salt-nectar-and-salt-and-apples-pollen-and/) [Laini Taylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laini-taylor/) > [Catch the snow on your tongue and show me how it tastes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/catch-the-snow-on-your-tongue-and-show-me-how-it-tastes/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [There is love in your body but you can't get it out, it gets stuck in your head, won't come out of your mouth,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/there-is-love-in-your-body-but-you-can-t-get-it-out-it-gets-stuck-in/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [“Mattie sticks out her tongue, and I take that as my dismissal.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jill-hathaway/mattie-sticks-out-her-tongue-and-i-take-that-as-my-dismissal/) [Jill Hathaway](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jill-hathaway/) > [She sticks her tongue out at me and crosses her eyes. Not sure why that made me want to do her in the backseat,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-a-redmerski/she-sticks-her-tongue-out-at-me-and-crosses-her-eyes-not-sure-why/) [J.A. Redmerski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-a-redmerski/) > [As they embrace, she kisses him full on the mouth. And suddenly sticks her tongue right in. She has done this before, often. It’s…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-isherwood/as-they-embrace-she-kisses-him-full-on-the-mouth-and-suddenly-sticks/) [Christopher Isherwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-isherwood/) > [Why does the lizard stick his tongue out? The lizard sticks its tongue out because that's the way its listening and looking and tasting…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shatner/why-does-the-lizard-stick-his-tongue-out-the-lizard-sticks-its-tongue/) [William Shatner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shatner/) > [“he just clamps his lips over mine and sticks his tongue so far into my mouth I feel like I'm being examined by the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/poppet/he-just-clamps-his-lips-over-mine-and-sticks-his-tongue-so-far-into/) Poppet > [“Surrounded by madness, surrounded by hunger, surrounded by everything but death, I knew death was our only way out.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harlan-ellison/surrounded-by-madness-surrounded-by-hunger-surrounded-by-everything/) [Harlan Ellison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harlan-ellison/) > [If in life we are surrounded by death, so too in the health of our intellect by madness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ludwig-wittgenstein/if-in-life-we-are-surrounded-by-death-so-too-in-the-health-of-our/) [Ludwig Wittgenstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ludwig-wittgenstein/) > [You know, there's that silly saying 'We're born alone and we die alone' -it's nonsense. We're surrounded at birth and surrounded at death. It…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-rachman/you-know-there-s-that-silly-saying-we-re-born-alone-and-we-die-alone/) [Tom Rachman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-rachman/) > [“She glanced around at the tombstones. “You’re surrounded by death here. Way too depressing. You really might want to think about getting another job.”…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-baldacci/she-glanced-around-at-the-tombstones-you-re-surrounded-by-death-here/) [David Baldacci](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-baldacci/) > [If in life we are surrounded by death, then in the health of our intellect we are surrounded by madness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/if-in-life-we-are-surrounded-by-death-then-in-the-health-of-our/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Old age is an island surrounded by death.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/old-age-is-an-island-surrounded-by-death/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) ## More by Danny Scheinmann > [“Happiness is a choice and not a function of ambition.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/danny-scheinmann/happiness-is-a-choice-and-not-a-function-of-ambition/) [Danny Scheinmann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/danny-scheinmann/) > [“You are literally made of stardust and whatever becomes of you the particles from which you are made have been around since the dawn…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/danny-scheinmann/you-are-literally-made-of-stardust-and-whatever-becomes-of-you-the/) [Danny Scheinmann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/danny-scheinmann/) > [“We define ourselves by comparing ourselves to the things around us. But what if all those things against which you compare yourself weren't there.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/danny-scheinmann/we-define-ourselves-by-comparing-ourselves-to-the-things-around-us/) [Danny Scheinmann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/danny-scheinmann/) > [“Find your happiness now, and if you happen to find your love you will double it.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/danny-scheinmann/find-your-happiness-now-and-if-you-happen-to-find-your-love-you-will/) [Danny Scheinmann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/danny-scheinmann/) > [“It's true I live on hope. Why shouldn't I? Every day I see her beauty while you rot in hell. You will tell me…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/danny-scheinmann/it-s-true-i-live-on-hope-why-shouldn-t-i-every-day-i-see-her-beauty/) [Danny Scheinmann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/danny-scheinmann/) > [“You are literally made of stardust, and whatever becomes of you the particles from which you are made have been around since the dawn…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/danny-scheinmann/you-are-literally-made-of-stardust-and-whatever-becomes-of-you-the-2/) [Danny Scheinmann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/danny-scheinmann/) > [“Well, I once lived in a town full of ambitious people, people who aspired to having, be it wealth or power. It was an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/danny-scheinmann/well-i-once-lived-in-a-town-full-of-ambitious-people-people-who/) [Danny Scheinmann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/danny-scheinmann/) > [“We still run the world as if we are separate from it and not part of it.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/danny-scheinmann/we-still-run-the-world-as-if-we-are-separate-from-it-and-not-part-of/) [Danny Scheinmann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/danny-scheinmann/) > [“If you see yourself as a vital part of a holistic universe then any battle is ultimately against yourself.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/danny-scheinmann/if-you-see-yourself-as-a-vital-part-of-a-holistic-universe-then-any/) [Danny Scheinmann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/danny-scheinmann/) > [“How simple and fragile life is.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/danny-scheinmann/how-simple-and-fragile-life-is/) [Danny Scheinmann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/danny-scheinmann/) > [“The female crab has an impenetrable shell, she is so hard on the outside and yet so soft within. There is no possible point…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/danny-scheinmann/the-female-crab-has-an-impenetrable-shell-she-is-so-hard-on-the/) [Danny Scheinmann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/danny-scheinmann/) > [“One day a man sees the sun setting and decides that his fortune is where the sun touches the land. He sets off towards…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/danny-scheinmann/one-day-a-man-sees-the-sun-setting-and-decides-that-his-fortune-is/) [Danny Scheinmann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/danny-scheinmann/) > [“What we learn is that the scientist is as important a part of this experiment as the electron, and that the scientist and the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/danny-scheinmann/what-we-learn-is-that-the-scientist-is-as-important-a-part-of-this/) [Danny Scheinmann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/danny-scheinmann/) > [“He merely sought a framework, like a coat hanger on which he could hang his life. At least then it might look like a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/danny-scheinmann/he-merely-sought-a-framework-like-a-coat-hanger-on-which-he-could/) [Danny Scheinmann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/danny-scheinmann/) > [“Sometimes it is easier not to know and live with hope than it is to know and live with the truth.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/danny-scheinmann/sometimes-it-is-easier-not-to-know-and-live-with-hope-than-it-is-to/) [Danny Scheinmann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/danny-scheinmann/) [Explore all 17 Danny Scheinmann quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/danny-scheinmann/) ## More Death quotes > [“He wondered how it was fair that your dying should depend so much on when you were born.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitch-albom/he-wondered-how-it-was-fair-that-your-dying-should-depend-so-much-on/) [Mitch Albom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitch-albom/) > [What sets worlds in motion is the interplay of differences, their attractions and repulsions. Life is plurality, death is uniformity. By suppressing differences and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/octavio-paz/what-sets-worlds-in-motion-is-the-interplay-of-differences-their/) [Octavio Paz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/octavio-paz/) > [Most of us are convinced that we are our egos, which is who we think we are. The ego is part of our incarnation.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ram-dass/most-of-us-are-convinced-that-we-are-our-egos-which-is-who-we-think/) [Ram Dass](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ram-dass/) > [I do not want to live at the cost of the life even of a snake. I should let him bite me to death…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mahatma-gandhi/i-do-not-want-to-live-at-the-cost-of-the-life-even-of-a-snake-i/) [Mahatma Gandhi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mahatma-gandhi/) > [“It was beautiful. He thought he had never seen anything so beautiful in all his life; that, having seen it, he could die content,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mira-grant/it-was-beautiful-he-thought-he-had-never-seen-anything-so-beautiful/) [Mira Grant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mira-grant/) > [Retirement? You're talking about death, right?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-altman/retirement-you-re-talking-about-death-right/) [Robert Altman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-altman/) > [With multiplayer, permanent death, and an ever-changing world to explore and conquer, 'A Valley Without Wind' might be the place you're looking for if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rob-manuel/with-multiplayer-permanent-death-and-an-ever-changing-world-to/) [Rob Manuel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rob-manuel/) > [“What did you see?” she asked gently. His brow furrowed, as if he could not understand the question. Then his eyes turned to the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-anthony-torino/what-did-you-see-she-asked-gently-his-brow-furrowed-as-if-he-could/) J. Anthony Torino > [Those whose life is long still strive for gain, and for all mortals all things take second place to money.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sophocles/those-whose-life-is-long-still-strive-for-gain-and-for-all-mortals/) [Sophocles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sophocles/) > [“I practice Dying--every night-- But have not learned to, still-- Though Talented--by Mortal bones-- For such a common Skill.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-w-powers/i-practice-dying-every-night-but-have-not-learned-to-still-though/) Alan W. Powers > [“You must understand the pain and grief of losing someone is nothing more than a function of survival.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-cooper/you-must-understand-the-pain-and-grief-of-losing-someone-is-nothing/) [Steven Cooper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-cooper/) > [I am not a depressive person at all, but I reflect a lot on my life, and life in general, from the perspective of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alejandro-gonzalez-inarritu/i-am-not-a-depressive-person-at-all-but-i-reflect-a-lot-on-my-life/) [Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alejandro-gonzalez-inarritu/) > [“Death is a reality that calls the rest of life and all of our assorted strivings into sharp relief.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/craig-d-lounsbrough/death-is-a-reality-that-calls-the-rest-of-life-and-all-of-our/) [Craig D. Lounsbrough](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/craig-d-lounsbrough/) > [I love life. I love life to death.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emmanuelle-riva/i-love-life-i-love-life-to-death/) [Emmanuelle Riva](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emmanuelle-riva/) > [I think when you’re dying you start looking for important things in the corners. You can’t let anything that seems even semi-important pass, because…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-crutcher/i-think-when-you-re-dying-you-start-looking-for-important-things-in/) [Chris Crutcher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-crutcher/) [Browse all 39,127 Death quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/death/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“And there, surrounded by death above and below, he sticks his tongue out and tastes the sweetness of life.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Danny Scheinmann" }, "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/danny-scheinmann/and-there-surrounded-by-death-above-and-below-he-sticks-his-tongue/", "about": { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Death" }, "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/danny-scheinmann/and-there-surrounded-by-death-above-and-below-he-sticks-his-tongue/#quotation", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e66/danny-scheinmann-28436_death_and-there-surrounded-by-death-above-and_1016618.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e66/danny-scheinmann-28436_death_and-there-surrounded-by-death-above-and_1016618.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e66/danny-scheinmann-28436_death_and-there-surrounded-by-death-above-and_1016618.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“And there, surrounded by death above and below, he sticks his tongue out and tastes the sweetness of life.” — Danny Scheinmann", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } }, { "@type": "BreadcrumbList", "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "name": "Home", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "name": "Quotes", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "name": "Danny Scheinmann", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/danny-scheinmann/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "name": "“And there, surrounded by death above...", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/danny-scheinmann/and-there-surrounded-by-death-above-and-below-he-sticks-his-tongue/" } ], "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/danny-scheinmann/and-there-surrounded-by-death-above-and-below-he-sticks-his-tongue/#breadcrumb" }, { "@type": "WebSite", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website", "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/", "publisher": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } }, { "@type": "Organization", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization", "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/", "logo": { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/themes/sq/assets/icons/icon-512.png", "width": 512, "height": 512 } } ] } ```