“The reports of my death are greatly exaggerated.”
Mark Twain (1835–1910) American author and humorist
Variant: The report of my death was an exaggeration.
“The importance of conventional life is greatly exaggerated and a good death can do wonders.”
An Arrow to the Heart. pg. 140. (2007). (Topic: Life)
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“I wonder will death be much lonelier than life. Life's an awfully lonesome affair.”
Emily Carr (1871–1945) Canadian painter and writer
"Pink Collar: An Awfully Lonesome Affair" http://pinkcollar.typepad.com/tubbygirl/2007/04/an_awfully_lone.html in Hundreds and Thousands : The Journals of Emily Carr (2006) <br class="br">Context: I wonder will death be much lonelier than life. Life's an awfully lonesome affair. You can live close against other people yet your lives never touch. You come into the world alone and you go out of the world alone yet it seems to me you are more alone while living than even coming and going.
William Ernest Henley (1849–1903) English poet, critic and editor
Source: Hawthorn and Lavender (1901), XI