Most people would sooner die than think; in fact, they do so.

Bertrand Russell

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When someone we love dies, we get so busy mourning what died that we ignore what didn't.

I wake up every morning at nine and grab for the morning paper. Then I look at the obituary page. If my name is not on it, I get up.

Benjamin Franklin

So it's true, when all is said and done, grief is the price we pay for love.

E. A. Bucchianeri

I believe that imagination is stronger than knowledge - myth is more potent than history - dreams are more powerful than facts - hope always triumphs over experience - laughter is the cure for grief - love is stronger than death.

People do not die for us immediately, but remain bathed in a sort of aura of life which bears no relation to true immortality but through which they continue to occupy our thoughts in the same way as when they were alive. It is as though they were traveling abroad.

She burned too bright for this world.

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