The difficulty is not so great to die for a friend, as to find a friend worth dying for.

Homer

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Do not fear death so much but rather the inadequate life.

What would life be worth if there were no death? Who would enjoy the sun if it never rained? Who would yearn for the day if there were no night?

How can the dead be truly dead when they still live in the souls of those who are left behind?

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Fear kills more people than death.

Madame, all stories, if continued far enough, end in death, and he is no true-story teller who would keep that from you.

Ernest Hemingway

Death is our friend precisely because it brings us into absolute and passionate presence with all that is here, that is natural, that is love...

Rainer Maria Rilke

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