"To die is nothing; but it is..." - Quote by Victor Hugo
To die is nothing; but it is terrible not to live.
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“There is no sun without shadow, and it is essential to know the night.”
“Most modern calendars mar the sweet simplicity of our lives by reminding us that each day that passes is the anniversary of some perfectly uninteresting event.”
“Now that my ladder's gone, I must lie down where all my ladders start, In the foul rag-and-bone shop of the heart.”
More on Death
“This sleep is sound indeed; this is a sleepThat from this golden rigol hath divorc'dSo many English kings.”
“Watch any plant or animal and let it teach you acceptance of what is, surrender to the Now. Let it teach you Being. Let it teach you integrity — which means to be one, to be yourself, to be real. Let it teach you how to live and how to die, and how not to make living and dying into a problem.”
“There might be things more terrible even than losing someone you love by death.”