Joseph Brodsky... Now to die of griefwould mean, I'm afraid, to die belatedly, while latecomersare unwelcome, particularly in the future....
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Emma, if we should die early, we must be like the traveler who wants to reach his destination and there is no room for him.
Source: So Forth: Poems
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