“Death ... doesn't take her eyes off us for a minute, so much so that even those who are not yet due to die feel her gaze pursuing them constantly.” FeelsEyeDeathDiesMinutesDuesHer Eyes Author:Jose Saramago
“The more we sink into the infirmities of age, the nearer we are to immortal youth. All people are young in the other world. That state is an eternal spring, ever fresh and flourishing. Now, to pass from midnight into noon on the sudden, to be decrepit one minute and all spirit and activity the next, must be a desirable change. To call this dying is an abuse of language.” PeopleWorldStatesAgeYoungDeathSpiritNextLanguageMinutesDyingYouthActivityEternalSpringAbuseImmortalMidnightDesirableOther WorldsNoonFlourishingOne MinuteInfirmityDecrepit Author:Jeremy Collier
“For women who do not love us, as for the "disappeared", knowing that we no longer have any hope does not prevent us form continuing to wait. We live on our guard, on watch; women whose son has gone asea on a dangerous exploration imagine at any minute, although it has long been certain that he has perished, that he will enter, miraculously saved, and healthy.” LoveLongDoeFormDeathCertainHopeWaitingWatchesGoneKnowingImagineMinutesDangerousSonHealthySavedExplorationContinuing Author:Marcel Proust
“It is written in the Book of Usable Minutes That all things have their center in their dying.” BookDeathWrittenMinutesDyingAll Things Book:Selected poems Source: Selected poems