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Death must be so beautiful. To lie in the soft brown earth, with the grasses waving above one�s head, and listen to silence. To have no yesterday, and no tomorrow. To forget time, to forgive life, to be at peace.

The Bell Jar
My great terror of Death or not as Death but as not-life.

Manuscript
He who does not fear death cares naught for threats
Every moment of life is a step towards death
The grave is still the best shelter against the storms of destiny
Many men on the point of an edifying death would be furious if they were suddenly restored to health
Our life is made by the death of others
It is not because other people are dead that our affection for them grows faint, it is because we ourselves are dying
Let death and exile, and all other things which appear terrible, be daily before your eyes, but death chiefly; and you will never entertain any abject thought, nor too eagerly covet anything
Of all escape mechanisms, death is the most efficient
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