Fear of the unknown

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"Death, in itself, is nothing; 

but we fear,

To be we know not what, 

we know not where."

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Words for things are convenient

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"There is no birth, 

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there is no death;

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there is no coming, 

there is no going;

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there is no same,

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there is no different; 

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there is no permanent self, 

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there is no annihilation. 

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*Thich Nhat Hanh

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Look on the grave

"...where thou must sleep

Thy last, and strongest foe;

It is endurance not to weep,

If that repose seem woe."

~Emily Bronte

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The heart never forgets

"To live in hearts 

we leave behind

Is not to die."

-Thomas Campbell

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Momento Mori

"People living deeply have no fear of death."

~Anaïs Nin

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memento vivere

First save yourself

"If I can stop one heart from breaking,


I shall not live in vain.


If I can ease one life the aching,


Or cool one pain,


Or help one fainting robin


Unto his nest again,


I shall not live in vain."

~Emily Dickinson

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Living is suicide

"It is as natural to die as to be born; 

and to a little infant, perhaps, 

the one is as painful as the other."

@Francis Bacon ?

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Dying is like coming to the end of a long novel

"--you only regret it 

if the ride was enjoyable 

and left you wanting more."

~Jerome P. Crabb

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The human animal is a beast

"... that dies -- but the fact that he’s dying 

don’t give him pity for others, no sir."

-TENNESSEE WILLIAMS

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