“Oswald Cabal: Dragging out life to the last possible second is not living to the best effect. The nearer the bone, the sweeter the meat. The best of life, Passworthy, lies nearest to the edge of death.”

“Oswald Cabal: There’s nothing wrong in suffering, if you suffer for a purpose. Our revolution didn’t abolish danger or death. It simply made danger and death worthwhile.”

H. G. Wells book The Shape of Things to Come

“Its best to live as if it were the first and last day of my life.”

Paulo Coelho book Eleven Minutes

“That was indeed to live—
At one bold swoop to wrest
From darkling death the best
That Death to Life can give!”

Thomas Bailey Aldrich (1836–1907) American poet, novelist, editor

“To live a godly life is the best way to light up a lesson that the teacher can possibly employ.”

John Heyl Vincent (1832–1920) American theologian

“The aims of life are the best defense against death.”

Primo Levi book The Drowned and the Saved

“Only by living at the edge of death can you understand the indescribable joy of life.”

James Clavell book Shōgun

“Live your best life!”

Oprah Winfrey (1954) American businesswoman, talk show host, actress, producer, and philanthropist

“We live in a political world
Where mercy walks the plank,
Life is in mirrors, death disappears
Up the steps into the nearest bank.”

Bob Dylan (1941) American singer-songwriter, musician, author, and artist

“The best way to prepare for life is to begin to live.”

Elbert Hubbard (1856–1915) American writer, publisher, artist, and philosopher fue el escritor del jarron azul