The life of the dead is placed in the memory of the living. – Marcus Tullius Cicero

Men fear Death, as children fear to go in the dark; and as that natural fear in children is increased with tales, so is the other. – Francis Bacon, Essays

The very essence of literature is the war between emotion and intellect, between life and death. When literature becomes too intellectual – when it begins to ignore the passions, the emotions – it becomes sterile, silly, and actually without substance. – Isaac Bashevis Singer

Some people are so afraid do die that they never begin to live. – Henry Van Dyke

It is not death or pain that is to be dreaded, but the fear of pain or death. – Epictetus