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Nothing shall part us in our love till Thanatos (Death) at his appointed hour removed us from the light of day. ↗

— Apollonius of Rhodes

#greek-mythology #love #death

And here face down beneath the sun And here upon earth's noonward height To feel the always coming on The always rising of the night ↗

— Archibald MacLeish

#death #night #poem #poet #poetry

If Christ is God, He cannot sin, and if suffering was a sin in and by itself, He could not have suffered and died for us. However, since He took the most horrific death to redeem us, He showed us in fact that suffering and pain have great power. ↗

— E.A. Bucchianeri

#cross #death #death-and-dying #god #good-friday

Just ten minutes, but everything was different now. He was different, the world was different. His father was nowhere in it. And with that, tears came to his eyes. ↗

— Justin Cronin

#death #justin #the-twelve #death

But we have to learn to be free. We have to, Nell. Doesn't mean happy all the time, or okay all the time. It’s okay not to be okay. I told you that, but I'm relearning it myself. But not being okay doesn't mean you stop living. ↗

— Jasinda Wilder

#falling #falling-into-you #free #happy #jasinda-wilder

I do very well three things: my job, stupidities and children. ↗

— Alain Delon

#i #i do #job #stupidities #things

Number one on my list of things to do before I die is become immortal. Obviously there is no number two on my list.
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— Jarod Kintz

#death #die #goals #humor #immortal

...izgleda daleko sve što treba da se desi, i sasvim nestvarno. Duboko u sebi vjerujem da se neće ni desiti. Znam da hoće, ali se nešto u meni smješka, opire, odbija. Desiće se, ali je nemoguće.Ono što znam nije dovoljno. Još je suviše života u mome srcu, i ne pristajem da shvatim. Možda i zato ovo pišem: nisam klonuo, otklanjam smrt. ↗

— Meša Selimović

#death-and-the-dervish #meša-selimović #smrt #death

Rehv cleared his throat. “What book is that?” The Moor looked up, his almond-shaped eyes focusing with a sharpness Rehv could have done without. “You’re awake.” “What book?” “It’s The Shadow Death Lexicon.” “Light reading. And here I thought you were a Candace Bushnell fan. ↗

— J.R. Ward

#trez #death

My actions to promote peace, the mediation missions which I carried out during many conflicts, which very often occurred between brothers of the same country, are not driven by any ulterior motives or any calculations based on personal ambitions. ↗

— Omar Bongo

#any #based #between #brothers #calculations