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“Is there really no hope?" our young woman asked as she stood before her. "None whatever. There never has been. It has not been a successful life." "No — it has only been a beautiful one.”

Book:The Portrait of a Lady

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“She pitied them, the cowardly ones. Because she, too, despaired; she, too, was blinded by the dark, but to turn your back is too easy. Cheating. The handful, the cold glass, the swallow. The chair, kicked back, the burn on the skin of the throat. A minute of pain, then stillness. Despicable, such lack of pride. Better to feel it all. Better the long, slow burn.”

Death Dying Despair Depression Suicide

Book:Fates and Furies

Source: Fates and Furies

“If the choice is dying from COVID-19 or surviving by wearing a hazmat suit, a gas mask and goggles to the shops, I choose the latter.”

Dying Osha Shops Gas Latter Mask Covid 19 Surviving Goggles Hazmat

Author:Steven Magee

“She sounded tinny and false. Poor lady, she found it as difficult as I did to know how to act or what to say. Later, with practice, we might do better. The star had her part down cold, but the male lead didn't like his lines, and the walk-ons had never seen the script until forty minutes ago.”

Dying

Book:Crossing to Safety

Source: Crossing to Safety

“By the time his vision had settled, the dwarf had disappeared into a maelstrom of churning muck. Butler decided not to attempt pursuit. Dying below ground was not very high on this *things to do* list. But there will be another day, fairy, he thought grimly. And there was to be. But that's another story.”

Vision Dying Pursuit Opposition Another Day Foreshadowing Butler Dwarf Another Story Things To Do List

Book:Artemis Fowl

Source: Artemis Fowl

“There’s nothing like losing a mother, you only get one.”

Mother Dying Carlos Wallace

Author:Carlos Wallace

“I let the wave or mourners flow through and over me, their kind and well-meant words drops in a tumultuous ocean of grief.”

Death Loss Grief Dying Mourning

Book:All of Me

Source: All of Me

“Manche sterben schnell, manche sterben langsam. Jeden Tag stirbt ein Stück von ihnen.”

Dying

Book:Sommer unter schwarzen Flügeln

Source: Sommer unter schwarzen Flügeln

“Dying alone is the reality of COVID-19.”

Reality Dying Alone Coronavirus Covid 19 Pandemic Flu Spanish Mutant

Author:Steven Magee

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