Tell me what it is like to die, " I answered. He dismounted from his horse, looking at me strangely the whole while. "You experience something similar every day, " he said softly. "It is as familiar to you as bread and butter." "Yes, " I said. "It is like every night when I fall asleep." "No. It is like every morning when you wake up. Martine Leavitt
About This Quote

The quote by Rudyard Kipling is about the fact that everyone knows what it is like to die. Every single day, people are faced with death. It is something that is so natural to them, they don’t give it much thought. Everyone who has ever lived has died, and they have all been dead at one point or another.

In this quote, Kipling compares the sensation of being dead to being awake in the morning. He says that while it may not be a pleasant sensation, it is one that everyone deals with every day.

Source: Keturah And Lord Death

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