We say that the hour of death cannot be forecast, but when we say this we imagine that hour as read more

We say that the hour of death cannot be forecast, but when we say this we imagine that hour as placed in an obscure and distant future. It never occurs to us that it has any connection with the day already begun or that death could arrive this same afternoon, this afternoon which is so certain and which has every hour filled in advance.

Once the game is over, the king and the pawn go back in the same box.

Once the game is over, the king and the pawn go back in the same box.

One death is a tragedy. A million deaths is a statistic.

One death is a tragedy. A million deaths is a statistic.

I take as my guide the hope of a saint: in crucial things, unity. . in important things, diversity. . read more

I take as my guide the hope of a saint: in crucial things, unity. . in important things, diversity. . . in all things, generosity.

God's finger touched him, and he slept.

God's finger touched him, and he slept.

The pride of dying rich raises the loudest laugh in hell.

The pride of dying rich raises the loudest laugh in hell.

We cannot do great things on this Earth, only small things with great love.

We cannot do great things on this Earth, only small things with great love.

Death is life's way of telling you you've been fired.

Death is life's way of telling you you've been fired.

I don\'t believe in death, neither in flesh nor in spirit.

I don\'t believe in death, neither in flesh nor in spirit.