“Time and death sleep side by side.”
Variant: "Time and death sleep side by side," said the Dog. "Both are in Astrael's Domain."
Source: Old Kingdom series (The Abhorsen Trilogy), Abhorsen (2003), p. 64.
“To neglect at any time preparation for death, is to sleep on our post at a siege, but to omit it in old age, is to sleep at an attack.”
The Rambler, No. 78 (Sat 15 Dec 1750). http://www.yalejohnson.com/frontend/sda_viewer?n=106855 See also The Yale Book of Quotations, Samuel Johnson 2 (2006)
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