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Quote by Walter Benjamin
Death is the sanction of everything the story-teller can tell. He

Death is the sanction of everything the story-teller can tell. He has borrowed his authority from death. – Walter Benjamin

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The art of storytelling is reaching its end because the epic side of truth, wisdom, is dying out. – Walter Benjamin

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Separation penetrates the disappearing person like a pigment and steeps him in gentle radiance. – Walter Benjamin

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Its an incredible con job when you think about it, to believe something now in exchange for something after death. Even corporations with their reward systems dont try to make it posthumous. – Gloria Steinem

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Death is a challenge. It tells us not to waste time… It tells us to tell each other right now that we love each other. – Leo Buscaglia

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God is growing bitter, He envies man his mortality. РJacques Rigaut, Pens̩es

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Individuals approaching death often experience encounters with their dead relatives, who seem to welcome them to the next world. These deathbed visions are authentic and convincing they are often followed by a state of euphoria and seem to ease the transition. – Stanislav Grof

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I travel in so many different ways I travel high, I rough it… it all depends on who I travel with. – Diane von Furstenberg

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History: gossip well told. – Elbert Hubbard, The Roycroft Dictionary

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