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“How beautiful it is for a man to die Upon the walls of Zion! to be called Like a watch-worn and weary sentinel, To put his armour off, and rest in heaven!”

Men Beautiful Death Dies Heaven Watches Wall Worn Weary Armour Zion Sentinels

Book:The Poems: Sacred, Passionate, and Humorous

Source: The Poems: Sacred, Passionate, and Humorous

“Every day in the mirror I watch death at work.”

Death Work Watches Mirrors

Author:Jean Cocteau

“I cannot remember the time when I have not longed for death. ... for years and years I used to watch for death as no sick man ever watched for the morning.”

Men Years Remember Death Used Watches Morning Sick Sick Man

Book:Florence Nightingale's Theology: Collected Works of Florence Nightingale

Source: Florence Nightingale's Theology: Collected Works of Florence Nightingale

“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.”

Love Long Doe Form Death Certain Hope Waiting Watches Gone Knowing Imagine Minutes Dangerous Son Healthy Saved Exploration Continuing

Author:Marcel Proust