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The sad fact is there are no natural deaths, despite what doctors say. Every death is felt by someone as a murder, the unjust taking of a loved being....more

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Afterwards, when it's all over, you meet God. What do you say to God?

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Life is so beautiful that death has fallen in love with it, a jealous, possessive love that grabs at what it can get.

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To lose a brother is to lose someone with whom you can share the experience of growing old, who is supposed to bring you a sister-in-law and nieces an...more

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I was giving up. I would have given up - if a voice hadn't made itself heard in my heart. The voice said "I will not die. I refuse it. I will make it ...more

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The reason death sticks so closely to life isn't biological necessity--it's envy. Life is so beautiful that death has fallen in love with it, a jealou...more

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The reason death sticks so closely to life isn’t biological necessity – it’s envy.

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Life is so beautiful that death has fallen in love with it, a jealous possessive love that grabs at what it can.

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Under the pathologist's microscope, life and death fight in an illuminated circle in a sort of cellular bullfight. The pathologist's job is to find th...more

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Ageing is not easy, Sennhora Castro. It's a terrible, incurable pathology. And great love is another pathology. It starts well. It's a most desirable ...more

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They never look very big on the table, the bodies. It's built to accommodate the largest frames, there's that. And they're naked. But it's something e...more