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To be immortal is commonplace except for man, all creatures are immortal, for they are ignorant of death what is divine, terrible, incomprehensible, is to know that one is immortal. – Jorge Luis Borges

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To appear on the stage drunk, to have them leave there and remember me making drunken mistakes, that was death. – Sammy Davis, Jr.

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Death is like an arrow that is already in flight, and your life lasts only until it reaches you. – Georg Hermes

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Life is hard. Then you die. Then they throw dirt in your face. Then the worms eat you. Be grateful it happens in that order. – David Gerrold

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In order to go on living one must try to escape the death involved in perfectionism. – Hannah Arendt

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