But death, too, had the power to awe, she knew this now-that a human being could be alive for years and years, thinking and breathing and eating, full of a million worries and feelings and thoughts, taking up space in the world, and then, in an instant, become absent, invisible. Jhumpa Lahiri
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The power of death is something that many people are not able to understand. When you look at some people, they seem so unimportant. They are the kind of people that don’t matter or are not worth your time. However, these same people might be the kind of people who have millions of dollars and will be remembered millions of years from now.

The very same ones who were once invisible could become more important than anyone else on the planet. Death is a powerful thing, especially when it comes to the human race.

Source: Unaccustomed Earth

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