E.L. DoctorowSomeone dying asks if there is life after death. Yes, comes the answer, only not yours.
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This one is a little morbid, but there’s something to be said for it. If you know someone is going to die, and you live a happy life with them, there’s a chance they won’t see your death. If you know someone is going to die and you live a miserable life with them, there’s a chance they won’t see your death. That said, let’s apply this idea to life in general. We often wonder whether we will ever die.
The answer is that the only sure thing about our deaths is that we will pass on from this world. So death may seem like an inevitable part of life, but we can also say that we will never know how long we will live – we may wake up one day and find ourselves dead – and we will only find out when it happens.
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