On the morning of what should have been Amelia Ashley's birthday, the river valley that had once housed High Bridge changed for Joshua Mayhew. For the first time in many years, it seemed beautiful to him. For the first time in many years, it was beautiful.
— Tara HudsonOther than the promise of life after death, nothing consoles the poor better than the fact that rich people are also subject to death.
— Mokokoma MokhonoanaDeath would not surprise us as often as it does, if we let go of the misbelief that newborns are less mortal than the elderly.
— Mokokoma MokhonoanaYou need to be greedy or ignorant to truly want to live forever.
— Mokokoma MokhonoanaAttending a funeral would leave the average person insane, if they truly believed that sooner or later they are also going to die.
— Mokokoma MokhonoanaEven those who want to go to heaven would rather kill than be killed.
— Mokokoma MokhonoanaDeath would be an extremely bad thing like most of us paint it, if being dead were painful.
— Mokokoma MokhonoanaWe the living are to blame for the painfulness of being dead.
— Mokokoma MokhonoanaBut forever was a useless term, relevant only for the dead.
— K. Martin Beckner