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The Last Wonder: D.H. Lawrence on Death and the Best Lifelong Preparation for It
“Know thyself, and that thou art mortal. But know thyself, denying that thou art mortal.”
Creativity at the End: Leonard Cohen on Preparing for Death
On that singular moment at the end of life when all creative energy is concentrated and consecrated.
Dismantling the Dogmas of Life and Death: How the Forgotten Prodigy William James Sidis Presaged the Quantum Undoing of Time and Thermodynamics
“There is no way of telling whether we are living organisms in a positive universe, or pseudo-living organisms in a negative universe.. The difference is really one merely between the two directions of time, and, though those two directions are opposite to each other, they have no physical properties which are in any way different.”
The Secret to Superhuman Strength: Alison Bechdel’s Illustrated Meditation on the Life of the Body, the Death of the Self, and Our Search for Meaning
“Also: This is it.”
Life, Death, and What Fills the Interlude with Meaning: Nathaniel Hawthorne’s Stirring Diary Reflections on His Dying Mother and His Five-Year-Old Daughter
“I saw my little Una… so full of spirit and life that she was life itself. And then I looked at my poor dying mother, and seemed to see the whole of human existence at once, standing in the dusty midst of it.”
The Afterlives of the Soul: Sister Nivedita on Love and Death
“To the soul, time does not exist. Only her own great purpose exists, shining clear and steady through the mists before her.”
Life and Death and More Life: Leo Tolstoy on Science, Spirituality, and Our Search for Meaning
“A caterpillar sees itself shrivel up, but doesn’t see the butterfly which flies out of it.”
The Backdoor to Immortality: Marguerite Duras on What Makes Life Worth Living in the Face of Death
“Immortality is not a matter of more or less time.”
Darwin’s Greatest Regret and His Deathbed Reflection on What Makes Life Worth Living
“If I had to live my life again, I would have made a rule to read some poetry and listen to some music at least once every week.”
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