I don't think you're dying," I said. "I think you've just got a touch of cancer.He smiled. Gallows humor.

oh. she heard it too-no waters coursing, canyon empty, sun soundless- and the beast your life nowhere hiding (p. 103)

I can see wherecreation oftenstops while thebody still livesand oftendoes not careto.the death of lifebefore lifedies.

When I am dying, I should like my life taken out under general anaesthetic, exactly as if it were a diseased appendix.

Nobody wants to believe that existence carries on without at least taking a stumble from their departure of this world.

Because through the heavy water, I heard the sound of an angel calling my name, calling me to the only heaven I wanted.

When you commit a crime to upgrade yourself, your sin becomes a blessing, but your blessing kills you before your time.

The natural consequence of being connected to the depth, what I call the soul, or your essence, is the attribute of joy.

I have to set an example, now more than ever. Facing death is the ultimate test of character. – Cmdr. William Rike

In spite of my suffering, at the thought that I was sure to end up by killing myself, I cried aloud and burst into tears.

Ian " she said quietly "I'd rather die than go back to you." "Be careful what you ask for you may get what you want.

I firmly disbelieve in death. A spirit never dies. Where it wanders when it leaves the flesh, is a cognitive proposition.

I think that dying is the easy part of life; for in waking each day and living in every moment, therein lies the challenge

Fear and hopelessness washed over her. She was looking her own mortality in the face, and it was a horrifying thing to do.

Perspective is as simple as answering this question: If I had 5 months to live would I experience this problem differently?