“To relish life and to relish death/ And to be grateful for both/ And to be open for more/ In both death and life.”

“And as you walk yr road, as you live yr life, RELISH THE ROAD. And relish the fact that the road of yr life will probably be a windy road.”

“I fear that a life of death has made me numb to both.”

“It has been said that America is a country for the poor, not for the rich. There would be more correctness in saying it is the country for both, where the latter have a relish for free government; but, proportionally, more for the former than for the latter.”

“In a sentence: Life is bad, but so is death. Of course, life is not bad in every way. Neither is death bad in every way. However, both life and death are, in crucial respects, awful. Together, they constitute an existential vise—the wretched grip that enforces our predicament.”

“Both of us victims of the same twentieth-century plague. Not the Black Death, this time; the Grey Life.”

“He made me see what Life is, and what Death signifies, and why Love is stronger than both.”

“Death makes no sense except to people who have passionately loved life. How can one die without having something to part from? Detachment is a negation of both life and death. Whoever has overcome his fear of death has also triumphed over life. For life is nothing but another word for this fear.”

“Open-minded is the ability to look on both sides without taking side. Fanaticism must be put to death.”

“Rest gives relish to labour.”