It is better to spend your time at funerals than at festivals. For you are going to die, and you read more

It is better to spend your time at funerals than at festivals. For you are going to die, and you should think about it while there is still time.
(7:3).

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 ends a life, not a relationship.

Death ends a life, not a relationship.

The great art of life is sensation, to feel that we exist, even in pain.

The great art of life is sensation, to feel that we exist, even in pain.

It isn't necessary to imagine the world ending in fire or ice; there are two other possibilities: one is paperwork, read more

It isn't necessary to imagine the world ending in fire or ice; there are two other possibilities: one is paperwork, and the other is nostalgia.

It is good to die before one has done anything deserving death.

It is good to die before one has done anything deserving death.

I am become death, the destroyer of worlds.

I am become death, the destroyer of worlds.

Everybody dies. Not everybody ever really lives.

Everybody dies. Not everybody ever really lives.

Those who focused on
the shock of shards
as the phoenix bird
burst from his shell
nearly missed the sight
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Those who focused on
the shock of shards
as the phoenix bird
burst from his shell
nearly missed the sight
of his wondrous maiden flight
as he soared up and away
and out of sight.