“The worst thing about death is not uncertainty. The worst thing about death is the certainty that humans will be separated from the light of the true truth as a result of their own arrogance and ignorance.”

—  Titon Rahmawan

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“The worst thing about death is that you once were, and now you are not.”

José Saramago (1922–2010) Portuguese writer and recipient of the 1998 Nobel Prize in Literature

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“The worst thing a kid can say about homework is that it is too hard. The worst thing a kid can say about a game is it's too easy.”

Henry Jenkins (1958) American media scholar

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“The consequence of this is that I'm always finding humans at their best and worst. I see their ugly and their beauty, and I wonder how the same thing can be both. (Death)”

Markus Zusak book The Book Thief

Variant: I'm always finding humans at their best and worst. I see their ugly and their beauty and I wonder how the same can be both.
Source: The Book Thief

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“As the separation of the soul from the body is the death of the body, so the separation of God from the soul is the death of the soul. And this death of the soul is the true death.”

Gregory Palamas (1296–1359) Monk and archbishop

Source: To the Most Reverend Nun Xenia (c. 1344), p. 296

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“Of course I deserve it,” I said, stroking Mojo. “That’s the simplest thing about dealing with me, apparently. I always deserve the worst! The worst disloyalty, the worst betrayal, the worst abandonment! Lestat the scoundrel. Well, they have left this scoundrel entirely on his own.”

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“once I could love, I could trust, I could not doubt
but that was just about the worst thing that I could do
it was just about the worst thing that I could do”

Natalie Merchant (1963) American singer-songwriter

Song lyrics, Motherland (2001), The Worst Thing
Variant: once I came close to that most elusive fire
burning with hopeless love and desire
but it was just about the worst thing that I could do
it was just about the worst thing I could do

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“Love is as strong as death, as hard as Hell. Death separates the soul from the body, but love separates all things from the soul.”

Meister Eckhart (1260–1328) German theologian

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“People who think dying is the worst thing don't know a thing about life.”

Sue Monk Kidd book The Secret Life of Bees

Variant: Someone who thinks death is the scariest thing doesn't know a thing about life.
Source: The Secret Life of Bees (2002)

“The worst thing about loneliness is that it brings one face to face with oneself.”

Mary Balogh (1944) Welsh-Canadian novelist

Source: No Man's Mistress

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