Prepare a noble death song for the day when you go over the great divide. – Tecumseh

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

Death is the surest calculation that can be made. – Ludwig Büchner, Force and Matter