"I am not dying, not anymore than any of us are at any moment. We run, hopefully as fast as we can, and then everyone must stop. We can only choose how we handle the race."

"A single death is a tragedy; a million deaths is a statistic."

"As we look deeply within, we understand our perfect balance. There is no fear of the cycle of birth, life and death. For when you stand in the present moment, you are timeless."

"I hope the leaving is joyful; and I hope never to return."

"Life does not cease to be funny when people die any more than it ceases to be serious when people laugh."

"Remembering that I'll be dead soon is the most important tool I've ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life."

"It's sad when our daddies die. Makes us one less person inside."

"There was something awesome in the thought of the solitary mortal standing by the open window and summoning in from the gloom outside the spirits of the nether world."

"Death is not the worst; rather, in vainTo wish for death, and not to compass it."

"Think not disdainfully of death, but look on it with favor; for even death is one of the things that Nature wills."