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“Death must be so beautiful. To lie in the soft brown earth, with the grasses waving above one's head, and listen to silence. To have no yesterday, and no to-morrow. To forget time, to forgive life, to be at peace.”
Oscar Wilde
“If death meant just leaving the stage long enough to change costume and come back as a new character...Would you slow down? Or speed up?”
Chuck Palahniuk
“The fear of death is the most unjustified of all fears, for there's no risk of accident for someone who's dead.”
Albert Einstein
“Bureaucracy is the death of all sound work”
“One can survive everything nowadays, except death, and live down anything, except a good reputation.”
“Even death is not to be feared by one who has lived wisely.”
Buddha
“Many that live deserve death. And some that die deserve life. Can you give it to them? Then do not be too eager to deal out death in judgement. For even the very wise cannot see all ends.”
J.R.R. Tolkien
“According to most studies, people's number one fear is public speaking. Number two is death. Death is number two. Does that sound right? This means to the average person, if you go to a funeral, you're better off in the casket than doing the eulogy.”
Jerry Seinfeld
“Our death is not an end if we can live on in our children and the younger generation. For they are us, our bodies are only wilted leaves on the tree of life.”
“We believe that an informed citizenry will act for life and not for death.”