Death is delightful. Death is dawn, The waking from a weary night Of fevers unto truth and light.
James Russell LowellWhile tenderness of feeling and susceptibility to generous emotions are accidents of temperament, goodness is an achievement of the will and a quality of the life.
James Russell LowellWe look at death through the cheap-glazed windows of the flesh, and believe him the monster which the flawed and cracked glass represents him.
James Russell Lowell