I have spent my days stringing and unstringing my instrument, while the song I came to sing remains unsung. – Tagore

Never forget that you must die; that death will come sooner than you expect… God has written the letters of death upon your hands. In the inside of your hands you will see the letters M.M. It means “Memento Mori” — remember you must die. – J. Furniss, Tracts for Spiritual Reading

What to do with your one life? The same thing you would do if you had two lives, and this were the second. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

The clock talked loud. I threw it away, it scared me what it talked. – Tillie Olsen, Tell Me a Riddle