We worry about the seemingly ever-increasing number of natural catastrophes. Yet this is mainly a consequence of CNN - we see many more but the number is roughly constant and we manage to deal much better with them over time. Globally the death rate from catastrophes has dropped about fifty-fold over the past century.

I think when you're 10 years old it's too much to see something with the threat of death in every episode. Kids are better left naive about certain things.

Ultimately life is disease death and oblivion. It's still better than high school.

Sleep is lovely death is better still not to have been born is of course the miracle.

You can cry about death and very properly so your own as well as anybody else's. But it's inevitable so you'd better grapple with it and cope and be aware that not only is it inevitable but it has always been inevitable if you see what I mean.

You always think that 70 is the end of the road: 'Somebody died when they were 73 good life'. You're closer to death and you better make sure you don't waste too much of your time doing things you don't want to do. No point in saying things you don't believe in.

It is not tolerable it is not possible that from so much death so much sacrifice and ruin so much heroism a greater and better humanity shall not emerge.

Smiles tears of all my life! - and if God choose I shall but love thee better after death.

And yet I suppose you mourn the loss or the death of what you thought your life was even if you find your life is better after. You mourn the future that you thought you'd planned.

Death is easier than a wretched life and better never to have born than to live and fare badly.