“In Vienna you first 've to die, before they celebrate you. But then you're living long.”

“If you're not ready to die, then how can you live?”

“If you're afraid to die, you're afraid to live. You can't have one without the other.”

“Before lunch, and ultimately recess, I need you to know - you're going to die.”

“You have to die a few times before you can really
live.”

“You don't get to choose how you're going to die. Or when. You can only decide how you're going to live. Now.”

“Live a good long life. Grow old and die after I do. And if you can, die laughing.”

“If you live in each other's pockets long enough, you're related.”

“Natural selection is the only workable explanation for the beautiful and compelling illusion of 'design' that pervades every living body and every organ. Knowledge of evolution may not be strictly useful in everyday commerce. You can live some sort of life and die without ever hearing the name of Darwin. But if, before you die, you want to understand why you lived in the first place, Darwinism is the one subject that you must study.”

“…deep-diving love, a love that excavates you. It’s something you have to have before you die in order to have lived.”