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“The boundaries which divide Life from Death are at best shadowy and vague. Who shall say where the one ends, and where the other begins?”

“I drink to the buried that repose around us.”

“And Darkness and Decay and the Red Death held illimitable dominion over all.”

“And the life of the ebony clock went out with that of the last of the gay.”

“Does the idea of death afflict you?”

“Our seclusion was perfect.”