“If a man is alive, there is always danger that he may die, though the danger must be allowed to be less in proportion as he is dead-and-alive to begin with. A man sits as many risks as he runs.”

— Henry David Thoreau, book Walden ou la vie dans les bois

Source: Walden

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John Roecker (1966) American film director

“The live dead-man is dead as a producer and alive insofar as he consumes”

Jean Paul Sartre book Saint Genet

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Saint Genet, Actor and Martyr (1952)

“A ship is alive, and he is like a man, with a true man’s heart. Treat him well and care for him properly, and he will fight for you against the worst sea. He will fight to keep you alive even after the sea has long since given him his own deathstroke. Neglect him, though, ignore the small warnings he gives of danger, and he will drown you in a flat sea beneath a cloudless sky.”

Robert Jordan (1948–2007) American writer

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“Let us learn to show our friendship for a man when he is alive and not after he is dead.”

F. Scott Fitzgerald The Great Gatsby

Source: The Great Gatsby (1925), ch. 9

“Freedom of mind is the real freedom. A person whose mind is not free though he may not be in chains, is a slave, not a free man. One whose mind is not free, though he may not be in prison, is a prisoner and not a free man. One whose mind is not free though alive, is no better than dead. Freedom of mind is the proof of one's existence.”

Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar (1891–1956) Father of republic India, champion of human rights, father of India's Constitution, polymath, revolutionary…

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“We are all clever enough at envying a famous man while he is yet alive, and at praising him when he is dead.”

Mimnermus (-670) ancient Greek poet

Fragment 1.

“Now he had recognized himself as a dead man it became important to stay alive as long as possible.”

George Orwell book 1984

Source: 1984

“If a man is to live, he must be all alive, body, soul, mind, heart, spirit.”

Thomas Merton (1915–1968) Priest and author

Source: Thoughts in Solitude

“Trapped for days, years, centuries maybe. Dead, but not allowed to die. Alive, but as good as dead.”

Suzanne Collins book Mockingjay

Variant: Dead, but not allowed to die. Alive, but as good as dead.
Source: Mockingjay

“Let us learn to show our friendship for a man when he is alive and not after he is dead," he suggested. "After that my own rule is to let everything alone.”

F. Scott Fitzgerald The Great Gatsby

Source: The Great Gatsby

“If a man is alive, there is always danger that he may die, though the danger must be allowed to be less in proportion as he is dead-and-alive to begin with. A man sits as many risks as he runs.”

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