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Time and space were, from Death's point of view, merely things that he'd heard described. When it came to Death, they ticked the box marked Not Applicable. It might help to think of the universe as a rubber sheet, or perhaps not. ↗

— Terry Pratchett

#physics #space #time #topology #death

Once you hold the hand of Death, the only thing in life that can scare you is a sense of humor. ↗

— Lionel Suggs

#irony #death

You know, darkness is a funny thing. Little by little, it creeps up on you and before you know it, you can’t escape it ↗

— Mackie Burt

#darkness #death #mackie-burt #death

Where death follows, there’s life. When darkness surrounds you in a world of chaos, search and you’ll eventually find the light. ↗

— Lee Argus

#darkness #death #lee-argus #life #metaphor

He wished he could rip out his heart, his innards, everything that was screaming inside him... ↗

— J.K. Rowling

#rowling #death

You are a speck. This whole life that seems so huge to us? asall of human enterprise even? Fuck us. We are so tiny," as he said "so tiny" he bent over until his forehead was nearly touching the tabletop, as if he was homing in on the speck that was them. "I can't stand to think we only add up to a blip. I need to think we're more than that." "Deal with it." he looked around as if someone had called his name. ↗

— Carol Anshaw

#universe #death

She wasn’t crying at all. This was what scared him the most. Where had she locked up the things he’d seen her feeling that day when she heard? She wasn’t that big a girl to hold all of it—to hold her brother’s life and his death inside of her. To hold all his long-limbed raging tidal motion and all the loss of that. ↗

— Francesca Lia Block

#loss #morning #mourn #withdrawal #death

You die in the middle of your life. ↗

— John Green

#cancer-kids #death #life #death

Death is the number two fear that people have and public speaking is the first! ↗

— Sidney Sheldon

#truth #death

Verily, a man without fear is either dead or happy to die. ↗

— Wayne Gerard Trotman

#chi-ro-jin #fear #fear-of-death #fear-of-dying #fearlessness