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“Watching a peaceful death of a human being reminds us of a falling star; one of a million lights in a vast sky that flares up for a brief moment only to disappear into the endless night forever.”
Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
“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
“A thing is not necessarily true because a man dies for it.”
Oscar Wilde
“I am convinced that it is not the fear of death, of our lives ending that haunts our sleep so much as the fear... that as far as the world is concerned, we might as well never have lived.”
Harold Kushner
“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
“Cowards die many times before their deaths; the valiant never taste of death but once.”
William Shakespeare
“When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left, and could say, "I used everything you gave me.”
Erma Bombeck
“As a well spent day brings happy sleep, so a life well spent brings happy death.”
Leonardo da Vinci
“The ache of grief is always there, but the emptiness will lift one day. Their life to us the greatest gift, and only by living can it be repaid.”
Jill Hanna