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Please, please, help me grow to be like them, the ones'll soon be here, who never grow old, can't die, that's what they say, can't die, no matter what...more

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That country where it is always turning late in the year. That country where the hills are fog and the rivers are mist; where noons go quickly, dusks ...more

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Death loves death, not life. Dying people love to know that others die with them; it is a comfort to learn you are not alone in the kiln, in the grave...more

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Everyone must leave something behind when he dies, my grandfather said. A child or a book or a painting or a house or a wall built or a pair of shoes ...more

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That's the good part of dying; when you've nothing to lose, you run any risk you want.

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One year Halloween came on October 24, three hours after midnight. At that time, James Nightshade of 97 Oak Street was thirteen years, eleven months, ...more

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First of all, it was October, a rare month for boys.

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When you reach the stars, boy, yes, and live there forever, all the fears will go, and Death himself will die.

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I was only twelve. But I knew how much I loved her. It was that love that comes before all significance of body and morals. It was that love that was ...more