“Death is not the opposite of life, but a part of it.”

“Death is not the opposite of life, but the opposite of choice.”

“Life has no opposite. The opposite of death is birth. Life is eternal.”

“Death is part of this life and not of the next.”

“I say the word death a lot … think of it as … primal relations, opposite, so if I say death a lot, it means I'm concerned with life. It's true.”

“What is that the inherence of which, will render the body alive? [The soul. ] …Then whatever the soul possesses, to that she comes bearing life? …And is there an opposite to life? [Death. ] Then the soul, as she has been acknowledged, will never receive the opposite of what she brings. …And what do we call the principle which does not admit of death? [The immortal. ] And does the soul admit of death? [No. ] Then the soul is immortal?”

“Let us beware of saying that death is the opposite of life. The living being is only a species of the dead, and a very rare species.”

“If there is a meaning in life at all, then there must be a meaning in suffering. Suffering is an ineradicable part of life, even as fate and death.”

“It’s not contagious, you know. Death is as natural as life. It’s part of the deal we made.”

“Death was not the opposite of life. It was already here, within my being, it had always been here, and no struggle would permit me to forget that.”