The sense of death is most in apprehension.
Michael could never remember his father ever having uttered a word about death, as if the Don respected death too much to philosophize about it.
At thirty I lived in a world where death wasn't immediately real; it was always something "out there." My deeply held illusions of immortality - a product of my very conservative religious upbringing - were still pretty much intact.
It seems people spend the majority of their lives believing they're dying, with the only consolation being that at one point they get to be right.
We live on the cusp of death Thinking it won't be us
For when is death not within our selves? And as Heracleitus says: “Living and dead are the same, and so are awake and asleep, young and old. The former when shifted are the latter, and again the latter when shifted are the former."
Awareness of approach to death can be a beautiful thing, a frame into which we can put the work of art that is our life, our personal masterpiece.
What does he say?' he asked. 'He’s very sad,’ Úrsula answered, ‘because he thinks that you’re going to die.' 'Tell him,' the colonel said, smiling, 'that a person doesn’t die when he should but when he can.
Why are the people starving?- Because their grain is being eaten up by the taxes That's why they're starving Why are people rebellious?- Because those above them meddle in their lives That's why they're rebellious Why do people regard death so lightly?- Because they are so involved with their own living That's why they regard death so lightly In the end, The treasure of life is missed by those who hold on and gained by those who let go
Life and death in a relationship depend on attitudes.
People take death lightly. They expect too much of life. That is why people take death lightly.
The "public" seems to have bought into this belief that life can, and should, be run without risk, that all accidents are avoidable, and that death is something that only happens to people who eat meat and smoke.
The mind will not believe in death, perhaps because, as far as the mind is concerned, death never happens.
Why do the people think so little of death? Because the rulers demand too much of life. Therefore the people take death lightly.
If men only felt about death as they do about sleep, all terrors would cease. . . Men sleep contentedly, assured that they will wake the following morning. They should feel the same about their lives.
I knew the facts of death before I knew the facts of life. There never was a time when I didn't see the skull beneath the skin.
