I have wrestled with death. It is the most unexciting contest you can imagine. It takes place in an impalpable read more

I have wrestled with death. It is the most unexciting contest you can imagine. It takes place in an impalpable grayness, with nothing underfoot, with nothing around, without spectators, without clamor, without glory, without the great desire of victory, without the great fear of defeat.

It's impossible to experience one's death objectively and still carry a tune.

It's impossible to experience one's death objectively and still carry a tune.

Death is the only inescapable, unavoidable, sure thing. We are sentenced to die the day we're born.

Death is the only inescapable, unavoidable, sure thing. We are sentenced to die the day we're born.

The devil helps his servants for a season; but when they get into a pinch; he leaves them in the read more

The devil helps his servants for a season; but when they get into a pinch; he leaves them in the lurch.

A dead atheist is someone who is all dressed up with no place to go.

A dead atheist is someone who is all dressed up with no place to go.

It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done; it is a far, far read more

It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done; it is a far, far better rest that I go to, than I have ever known.

What happens if you get scared half to death twice?.

What happens if you get scared half to death twice?.

There is a dignity in dying that doctors should not dare to deny.

There is a dignity in dying that doctors should not dare to deny.

We may draw good out of evil; we must not do evil, that good may come.

We may draw good out of evil; we must not do evil, that good may come.