We are not the worst moments of our lives.
Sister Helen Prejean, author of Dead Man Walking.

We are not the worst moments of our lives.
Sister Helen Prejean, author of Dead Man Walking.

One can survive everything nowadays, except death, and live down anything, except a good reputation.

One can survive everything nowadays, except death, and live down anything, except a good reputation.

There is not one big cosmic meaning for all, there is only the meaning we each give to our life, read more

There is not one big cosmic meaning for all, there is only the meaning we each give to our life, an individual meaning, an individual plot, like an individual novel, a book for each person.

Men fear Death, as children fear to go in the dark; and as that
natural fear in children is read more

Men fear Death, as children fear to go in the dark; and as that
natural fear in children is increased with tales, so is the
other.

Death is a black camel, which kneels at the gates of all.

Death is a black camel, which kneels at the gates of all.

Call no man happy till he is dead.

Call no man happy till he is dead.

Every man dies - Not every man really lives.

Every man dies - Not every man really lives.

If we don't know life, how can we know death?

If we don't know life, how can we know death?

Death most resembles a prophet who is without honor in his own land or a poet who is a stranger read more

Death most resembles a prophet who is without honor in his own land or a poet who is a stranger among his people.