“Life before Death.
Strength before Weakness.
Journey before Destination.”
Brandon Sanderson book The Way of Kings
Source: The Way of Kings
“Is there life before death? — that is the question!”
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One Minute Wisdom (1989)
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“Capital T-truth is about life before death.”
David Foster Wallace (1962–2008) American fiction writer and essayist
Source: This Is Water: Some Thoughts, Delivered on a Significant Occasion, about Living a Compassionate Life
Juan Antonio Villacañas (1922–2001) Spanish poet, essayist and critic
“Epilogue”, from De-triumphant March (1960)
Ahmed Djemal (1872–1922) Ottoman general
Quoted in "Djemal Pasha In Moscow" - New York Times - June 17, 1920.
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“Life is so beautiful that even the idea of death must be born before it can be realized.”
Machado de Assis book Dom Casmurro
A vida é tão bela que a mesma idéia da morte precisa de vir primeiro a ela, antes de se ver cumprida.
Source: Dom Casmurro (1899), Ch. 133, p. 255
Jean-Marie Guyau (1854–1888) French writer and philosopher
Sacrifice https://www.marxists.org/archive/guyau/1895/sacrifice.htm, Pages Choisies des Grands Écrivains (1895). <br class="br">Context: We can judge ourselves and our ideal by posing this question: For what idea, for what person would I be ready to risk my life? He who cannot answer such a question has a vulgar and empty heart. He is incapable of feeling or doing anything grand in life, since he is unable to go beyond his individuality. He is impotent and sterile, dragging along his selfish ego like the tortoise its shell. On the contrary, he who has present in his spirit the idea of death for his ideal seeks to maintain this ideal at the height of this possible sacrifice. He draws from this supreme risk a constant tension and an indefatigable energy of the will. The only means of being great in life is having the consciousness that you will not retreat before death.
