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How old is the lad?' inquired Barceló, inspecting me out of the corner of his eye. 'Almost eleven,' I announced. Barceló flashed a sly smile. 'In other words, ten. Don't add on any years, you rascal. Life will see to that without your help. ↗

— Carlos Ruiz Zafón

#life

She'll die.' 'Aye. That's a consequence of being alive. ↗

— Ursula K. Le Guin

#life #death

How do you tell if something's alive? You check for breathing. ↗

— Markus Zusak

#death #life #death

Once upon a time, there was a naïve and innocent girl who thought she could tame the beast and live happily ever after. But the beast did not want to be tamed, for he was a beast and beasts care not for such things, and the girl died along with her dreams. From childhood's grave sprang a young woman, jaded before her years, who knew that beasts could wear the skins of men, and that evil could exist in sunlight, as well as darkness. Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose. ↗

— Nenia Campbell

#change #dark #depression #fairy-tales #life

Do you shovel to survive, or survive to shovel? ↗

— Kōbō Abe

#life-and-death #philosophy #death

After all Death is a Symbol that there was Life. ↗

— Mario Benedetti

#life #wisdom #death

But spending your life concentrating on death is like watching a whole movie and thinking only about the credits that are going to roll at the end. It’s a mistake of emphasis. ↗

— Nicholson Baker

#life #death

Every morning is my birthday and every night is my death-day. ↗

— Santosh Kalwar

#life #death

For to fear death, my friends, is only to think ourselves wise without really being wise, for it is to think that we know what we do not know. For no one knows whether death may not be the greatest good that can happen to man. ↗

— Plato

#fear-of-death #plato #death

My fear was not of death itself, but a death without meaning. ↗

— Huey Newton

#fear #itself #meaning #without