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James Whitcomb Riley
“He Is Not Dead

I cannot say, and I will not say
That he is dead. He is just away.
With a cheery smile, and a wave of the hand,
He has wandered into an unknown land
And left us dreaming how very fair
It needs must be, since he lingers there.
And you—oh you, who the wildest yearn
For an old-time step, and the glad return,
Think of him faring on, as dear
In the love of There as the love of Here.
Think of him still as the same. I say,
He is not dead—he is just away.”
James Whitcomb Riley

Charles Bukowski
“Finally there is nothing here for death to take away.”
Charles Bukowski, What Matters Most is How Well You Walk Through the Fire

Albert Camus
“What is called a reason for living is also an excellent reason for dying.”
Albert Camus, The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays

Edvard Munch
“From my rotting body, flowers shall grow and I am in them, and that is eternity.”
Edvard Munch

Ava Dellaira
“I know I wrote letters to people with no address on this earth, I know that you are dead. But I hear you. I hear all of you. We were here. Our lives matter.”
Ava Dellaira, Love Letters to the Dead

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