Quotes with death-beds

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  • Tim O'Brien Each of us, I suppose needs his illusions. Life after death. A maker of planets. A woman to love, a man to hate. Something sacred. But what a waste.
    Tomcat in Love (2011) 319
    Tim O'Brien
    American novelist (1946 - )
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  • Ovid Envy feeds on the living, after death it rests, then the honor of a man protects him.
    Ovid
    Roman poet (43 - 17)
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  • Georges Bataille Eroticism is assenting to life even in death.
    Georges Bataille
    French writer and critic (1897 - 1962)
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  • Samuel M. Shoemaker Eternal life does not begin with death; it begins with faith.
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  • Ayn Rand Even if smog were a risk to human life, we must remember that life in nature, without technology, is wholesale death.
    The Objectivist februari 1971
    Ayn Rand
    Russian Writer, Philosopher (1905 - 1982)
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  • Caitlin Doughty Ever since childhood, when I found out that the ultimate fate for all humans was death, sheer terror and morbid curiosity had been fighting for supremacy in my mind.
    Caitlin Doughty
    American author, blogger (1984 - )
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  • Peter Ackroyd Every book for me is a chapter in the long book which will finally be closed on the day of my death.
    Peter Ackroyd
    English biographer, novelist and critic (1949 - )
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  • Arthur Schopenhauer Every parting gives a foretaste of death; every coming together again a foretaste of the resurrection.
    Arthur Schopenhauer
    German philosopher (1788 - 1860)
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  • Bobby Darin Everybody thinks I'm at death's door, but I'm not. There's nothing seriously wrong with me, and my heart is in 100 percent working order. Anything else you may hear is a damn lie!
    Bobby Darin
    American singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, impressionist, and actor (1936 - 1973)
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  • Barry Zito Everyone focuses on the earthly state, but how cool might death be? I believe in spiritual rebirth, and I can't wait to experience that.
    Barry Zito
    American baseball pitcher and musician (1978 - )
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  • Graham Greene Failure too is a form of death...
    Graham Greene
    English writer (1904 - 1991)
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  • Bjork Feminists bore me to death. I follow my instinct and if that supports young girls in any way, great. But I'd rather they saw it more as a lesson about following their own instincts rather than imitating somebody.
    Bjork
    Icelandic singer, songwriter and actress (1965 - )
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  • Dhammapada Few cross the river of time and are able to reach non-being. Most of them run up and down only on this side of the river. But those who when they know the law follow the path of the law, they shall reach the other shore and go beyond the realm of death.
    Dhammapada
    collection of sayings of the Buddha in verse form
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  • Martin Bormann Films and gramophone records, music, books and buildings show clearly how vigorously a man's life and work go on after his ''death,'' whether we feel it or not, whether we are aware of the individual names or not. There is no such thing as death according to our view!
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  • Thomas Carlyle Foolish men imagine that because judgment for an evil thing is delayed, there is no justice; but only accident here below. Judgment for an evil thing is many times delayed some day or two, some century or two, but it is sure as life, it is sure as death.
    Thomas Carlyle
    Scottish writer and historicus (1795 - 1881)
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  • Elizabeth Barrett Browning For 'Tis not in mere death that men die most.
    Elizabeth Barrett Browning
    English poet (1806 - 1861)
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  • Albert Ellis For a man there are three certainties in life: death, taxes, and women. It is often difficult to say which is the worst.
    Albert Ellis
    American psychologist (1913 - 2007)
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  • Albert Camus For centuries the death penalty, often accompanied by barbarous refinements, has been trying to hold crime in check; yet crime persists. Why? Because the instincts that are warring in man are not, as the law claims, constant forces in a state of equilibrium.
    Albert Camus
    French writer, essayist and Nobel Prize winner in literature (1956) (1913 - 1960)
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  • Aeschylus For children preserve the fame of a man after his death.
    Aeschylus
    Greek dramatist (525 - 456)
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  • Johnny Carson For days after death hair and fingernails continue to grow, but phone calls taper off.
    Johnny Carson
    American TV personality, businessman (1925 - 2005)
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