The dead and not-yet dead, we are company all together.
I am not afraid of death, which after all can't be far away. What does frighten me, though, is the halfway stage.
Wherever you look there is so much loss and folly to contemplate.
Some things I can never forget. I must not. Otherwise what do I have left?
Death, when it's right there it doesn't seem too huge and terrible to let into your mind.
Anything that makes it easier to understand, makes it a little easier to bear.