“For you was I born, for you do I have life, for you will I die, for you am I now dying.”
Source: Of Love and Other Demons
“… I started to die 36 hours before I was born, so dying was a way of life for me.”
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“Before I became old I tried to live well; now that I am old, I shall try to die well; but dying well means dying gladly.”
Ante senectutem curavi ut bene viverem, in senectute ut bene moriar; bene autem mori est libenter mori.
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