"Islands are where species go to die." — David Quammen

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• I write for the same reason I breathe - because if I didn't, I would die. — Isaac Asimov
• I am Syrian, I was made in Syria, I have to live in Syria and die in Syria. — Bashar al-Assad
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• Some kinds of nails, such as those used for defending the soles of coarse shoes, called hobnails, require a particular… — Charles Babbage
• When one by one our ties are torn, and friend from friend is snatched forlorn; when man is left alone… — Anna Letitia Barbauld
• It is as natural to die as to be born; and to a little infant, perhaps, the one is as… — Francis Bacon
• You don't get to choose how you're going to die, or when. You can only decide how you're going to… — Joan Baez
• When I die I want to go to Vogue. — David Bailey
• Men die in despair, while spirits die in ecstasy. — Honore de Balzac

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