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 Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It's the transition that's 
troublesome.  
 Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It's the transition that's 
troublesome. 
Death hath so many doors to let out life.
Death hath so many doors to let out life.
From my rotting body, flowers shall grow and I am in them and that is eternity.
From my rotting body, flowers shall grow and I am in them and that is eternity.
What we have done for ourselves alone dies with us; what we have done for others and the world remains read more
What we have done for ourselves alone dies with us; what we have done for others and the world remains and is immortal.
 Men fear Death, as children fear to go in the dark; and as that 
natural fear in children is read more 
 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. 
To die will be an awfully big adventure.
To die will be an awfully big adventure.
The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at read more
The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.
We say that the hour of death cannot be forecast, but when we say this we imagine that hour as read more
We say that the hour of death cannot be forecast, but when we say this we imagine that hour as placed in an obscure and distant future. It never occurs to us that it has any connection with the day already begun or that death could arrive this same afternoon, this afternoon which is so certain and which has every hour filled in advance.
We cannot banish dangers, but we can banish fears. We must not demean life by standing in awe of death.
We cannot banish dangers, but we can banish fears. We must not demean life by standing in awe of death.