Woody Allen (1935) American screenwriter, director, actor, comedian, author, playwright, and musician
Variant: I'm not afraid of death; I just don't want to be there when it happens.
“Death waits for me, I know it, around
one corner or another.
This doesn't amuse me.
Neither does it frighten me.”
"Sometimes", § 7
Red Bird (2008)
Context: Death waits for me, I know it, around
one corner or another.
This doesn't amuse me.
Neither does it frighten me. After the rain, I went back into the field of sunflowers.
It was cool, and I was anything but drowsy.
I walked slowly, and listened to the crazy roots, in the drenched earth, laughing and growing.
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This doesn't amuse me.
Neither does it frighten me." by Mary Oliver?
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