"O, let me kiss that hand! KING..." - Quote by William Shakespeare
O, let me kiss that hand! KING LEAR: Let me wipe it first; it smells of mortality.
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“If I may trust the flattering truth of sleep,My dreams presage some joyful news at hand.My bosom's lord sits lightly in his throne,And all this day an unaccustomed spiritLifts me above the ground with cheerful thoughts.”
“Tis safter to be that which we destroy Than by destruction dwell in doubtful joy.”
“It's easy for someone to joke about scars if they've never been cut.”
More on Mortality
“A sad smile crossed her face, and I knew right then what she was trying to tell me. Her eyes never left mine as she finally said the words that numbed my soul. I'm dying, Landon.”
“Some men make a womanish complaint that it is a great misfortune to die before our time. I would ask what time? Is it that of Nature? But she, indeed, has lent us life, as we do a sum of money, only no certain day is fixed for payment. What reason then to complain if she demands it at pleasure, since it was on this condition that you received it.”
“I don't like standing near the edge of a platform when an express train is passing through. I like to stand right back and if possible get a pillar between me and the train. I don't like to stand by the side of a ship and look down into the water. A second's action would end everything. A few drops of desperation.”
More on Death
“If you are mindful of death, it will not come as a surprise-you will not be anxious. You will feel that death is merely like changing clothes. Consequently, at that point you will be able to maintain your calmness of mind.”
“People take death lightly. They expect too much of life. That is why people take death lightly.”
“Human nature is so well disposed towards those who are in interesting situations, that a young person, who either marries or dies, is sure of being kindly spoken of.”