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[According to 1348 theorists, poisoning of Christian water by Jews was the cause of Black Death.] Even the poison used to contaminate the Christian water supply was described in meticulous detail. It was "about the size of an egg," except when it was the "size of a nut" or a "large nut," "a fist" or "two fists"- and it came packaged in "a leather pouch," except when it was packaged in "linen cloth," "a rag," or a "paper coronet"; and the poison was variously made from lizards, frogs, and spiders- when it was not made from the hearts of Christians and from Holy Communion wafers. ↗

— John Kelly

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[Le] jour qui vient de passer, tout débordant d'activité qu'il ait été, ne manque jamais, à la seconde ou enfin le sommeil va m'assommer, de me sembler suspect, dénué de toute valeur, de me faire trembler de peur. C'est toujours avec angoisse que j'anticipe le retour de la nuit, le moment de la grande rencontre avec moi-même, le moment d'ajouter un autre zéro au total du passé, le moment de me rapprocher de tout un pas de la frontière au-dela de laquelle il n'y a plus rien, même plus de futur. ↗

— Réjean Ducharme

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I suppose I wouldn’t desire having memorial services after I pass by… I think that it would have a precious little to do with my inworld immortality because I think I’ll have a precious little to do with the person to be remembered… Who can really tell? ↗

— Thanos Grigoriou

#imortality #memorial #death

Bored .... nearly to death ↗

— Melissa Bank

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The only thing that’s been a worse flop than the organization of nonviolence has been the organization of violence. ↗

— Joan Baez

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Sure there have been injuries and deaths in boxing - but none of them serious. ↗

— Alan Minter

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I think about death sometimes. Analytically, of course. ↗

— Lynne Truss

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This is unbelievable,” James said. “I mean, you guys are out here planning to build an armored car out of my dad’s old, and I mean old, car. Mom is in the house making cookies like this is just an everyday occurrence. Once this starts, you guys probably won’t live through it, and nobody is acting like it’s a big deal. I don’t know that I’m comfortable with my parents preparing for their funeral.” “Everyone has to die of something, son,” Rick said. James looked stunned. “So you are thinking about that as a possibility? Then why go to all the trouble of putting armor on the car and putting in that big engine?” “Because I have to get back to the starting point, which in this case is the Deal’s Gap,” Rick answered. “And the car won’t make it if I don’t make modifications.” “Once they figure out what you’re doing and where you’re going, they’ll ambush you. You won’t be able to get out of it. They’ll gun you and Mom down in cold blood.” James was trying to hide the emotion from his face. ↗

— Rich Hoffman

#life-lesson #life-philosophy #death

Also I was his friend one of the few people left in whom he could confide. ~~Dr. Alex Delaware ↗

— J.Kellerman

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Lady Moon rose an' gazed o'er my busted'n'beautsome Valleys with silv'ry'n'sorryin' eyes, an' the dingos mourned for the died uns. ↗

— David Mitchell

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