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When I die I shall be content to vanish into nothingness.... No sh

When I die I shall be content to vanish into nothingness…. No show, however good, could conceivably be good forever…. I do not believe in immortality, and have no desire for it. – H.L. Mencken

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The basic fact about human existence is not that it is a tragedy, but that it is a bore. It is not so much a war as an endless standing in line. – H.L. Mencken

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Life
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Say what you will about the Ten Commandments, you must always come back to the pleasant fact that there are only ten of them. – H.L. Mencken

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Death is the sound of distant thunder at a picnic. – W. H. Auden

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Death

People who are sick, or who have been sick, or have come close to death have a lot to say – and they want you to hear it. – Anna Deavere Smith

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Death

If you have only one passion in life – football – and you pursue it to the exclusion of everything else, it becomes very dangerous. When you stop doing this activity it is as though you are dying. The death of that activity is a death in itself. – Eric Cantona

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Death

When I did Bumble-ardy, I was so intensely aware of death. Eugene, my friend and partner, was dying here in the house when I did Bumble-ardy. I did Bumble-ardy to save myself. I did not want to die with him. I wanted to live, as any human being does. – Maurice Sendak

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Death

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Without adventure civilization is in full decay. – Alfred North Whitehead

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Every man is an omnibus in which his ancestors ride. – Oliver Wendell Holmes

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When I find myself fading, I close my eyes and realize my friends are my energy. – Anon.

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