“If life transcends death, then I will seek for you there. If not, then there too.”
Daniel Abraham (1969) speculative fiction writer from the United States
Source: Caliban's War (2012), Chapter 45 (p. 494)
“Do not seek death. Death will find you. But seek the road which makes death a fulfillment.”
Markings (1964)
Context: He who has surrendered himself to it knows that the Way ends on the Cross — even when it is leading him through the jubilation of Gennesaret or the triumphal entry into Jerusalem. Do not seek death. Death will find you. But seek the road which makes death a fulfillment.
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Part 3, Ch. 12, § 3.
The Origins of Totalitarianism (1951)
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Woody Allen (1935) American screenwriter, director, actor, comedian, author, playwright, and musician
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In "Tale of the Three Storytelling Machines of King Genius", §10
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