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• If Christ has died for me, I cannot trifle with the evil that killed my best Friend.

  Charles Spurgeon

  Evil, My Best Friend, Christ

  Charles Spurgeon (2010). “Collected Works Vol. 2”, p.160, Lulu.com

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• And what? Accidentally cuts off three fingers postmortem? 'Oops, oh, no, my girlfriend just died! Clumsy me, in trying to perform CPR, I chopped off some fingers! Guess I'll just take them with me.... Oh, darn, where did that middle finger go?

  Barry Lyga

  Girlfriend, Cutting, Cpr

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• Corr stood here," Sean says wonderingly. "I would've died. He didn't have to stay." For a moment, I see that it doesn't matter that he didn't win. The fact of Corr's loyalty is a bigger thing than the ownership of him.

  Maggie Stiefvater

  Loyalty, Winning, Matter

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• When we died, no one would know, and that fraction of a moment that was so important to who we were would be gone.

  Kiera Cass

  Important, Would Be, Gone

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• We don't know what's happened out there since they put us in here, or how many generations have lived and died since they did.We could be the last people left.

  Veronica Roth

  People, Generations, Lasts

  Veronica Roth (2013). “Allegiant (Divergent, Book 3)”, p.30, HarperCollins UK

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• Whatever we had is over. It died the minute I walked downstairs and realized the world I'd always known was a lie.- Blaire Wynn

  Abbi Glines

  Lying, World, Minutes

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• We’ve died so many times now that we can only wonder why we still care.

  Charles Bukowski

  Care, Wonder, Stills

  Charles Bukowski (2013). “New Poems Book Three”, p.73, Random House

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• Jealousy smells like the water in the bottom of a flower vase after the flowers have died.

  Megan Hart

  Flower, Smell, Water

  Megan Hart (2013). “Tear You Apart”, p.57, Harlequin

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• There is a coldness to the Clave, it is true. We are dust and shadows. But you are like the heroes of ancient times, like Achilles and Jason.” “Achilles was murdered with a poisoned arrow, and Jason died alone, killed by his own rotting ship. Such is the fate of heroes; the Angel knows why anyone would want to be one.

  Cassandra Clare

  Hero, Angel, Fate

  Cassandra Clare (2014). “Clockwork Princess”, p.66, Simon and Schuster

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• Annabeth pressed her lips to Percy’s ear. “I love you.” She wasn’t sure he could hear her—but if they died, she wanted those to be her last words.

  Rick Riordan

  Love You, Annabeth, Ears

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• Something’s died in me,” she goes. “It took a long time for it to do it, but it’s dead. You’ve killed something, just like you’d took an axe to it. Everything is dirt now.

  Raymond Carver

  Long, Dirt, Like You

  Raymond Carver (2015). “What We Talk About When We Talk About Love”, p.25, Vintage

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• Till I, high in the tower of my time Among familiar ruins, began to cry For accident, sickness, justice, war and crime, Because all died, because I had to die. The snow fell, the trees stood, the promise kept, And a child I slept.

  Howard Nemerov

  Time, Children, War

  1960 New Poems,'The View from an Attic Window'.

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• If I had listened to the critics I'd have died drunk in the gutter

  Anton Chekhov

  Inspirational, Motivational, Success

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• I thought when love for you died, I should die.
  It's dead. Alone, most strangely, I live on.

  Rupert Brooke

  Break Up, Broken Heart, Heartbreak

  Rupert Brooke (2010). “Collected Poems”, p.55, The Oleander Press

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• In the beauty of the lilies Christ was born across the sea,
  With a glory in his bosom that transfigures you and me;
  As he died to make men holy, let us die to make men free,
  While God is marching on.

  Julia Ward Howe

  Freedom, Men, Sea

  "The Battle Hymn of the Republic" l. 25 (1862)

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• Some sad news from Australia... the inventor of the boomerang grenade died today.

  Johnny Carson

  Funny, Australia, News

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• If we are ever to enjoy life, now is the time-not tomorrow, nor next year, nor in some future life after we have died. The best preparation for a better life next year is a full, complete, harmonious, joyous life this year. Our beliefs in a rich future life are of little importance unless we coin them into a rich present life. Today should always be our most wonderful day.

  Thomas Dreier

  Life, Happiness, Years

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• Nobody ever died of laughter.

  Max Beerbohm

  Funny, Life, Happiness

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• Histhry is a post-mortem examination. It tellsye what a counthry died iv. But I'd like to know what it lived iv.

  Finley Peter Dunne

  History, Examination, Posts

  Finley Peter Dunne (1976). “Mr. Dooley and the Chicago Irish: The Autobiography of a Nineteenth-century Ethnic Group”, Catholic University of Amer Press

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• I would rather have it said, 'He lived usefully,' than, 'He died rich.'

  Benjamin Franklin

  Karma, Charity, Philanthropy

  Benjamin Franklin, William Temple Franklin (1817). “Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Benjamin Franklin ...”, p.2

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• I made my money the old-fashioned way. I was very nice to a wealthy relative right before he died.

  Malcolm Forbes

  Money, Nice, Way

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Elvis died the day he went into the army.

  John Lennon

  Music, Army

  "Elvis Presley: The return of the King" by Richard Williams, www.theguardian.com. March 4, 2010.

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• Men have died for this music. You can't get more serious than that.

  Dizzy Gillespie

  Music, Men, Serious

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• And I'm proud to be an American,
  Where at least I know I'm free,
  And I won't forget the men who died,
  Who gave that right to me
  And I'll proudly stand up next to him to defend her still today,
  Cuz there aint no doubt I love this land,
  God bless the USA

  Lee Greenwood

  Memorial Day, Men, Land

  "Song: "God Bless the U.S.A."". 1984.

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• History has a long-range perspective. It ultimately passes stern judgment on tyrants and vindicates those who fought, suffered, were imprisoned, and died for human freedom, against political oppression and economic slavery.

  Elizabeth Gurley Flynn

  Peace, Freedom, Tyrants

  Elizabeth Gurley Flynn (1949). “Labor's Own William Z. Foster: A Communist's Fifty Years of Working-class Leadership and Struggle”, New York : New Century Publishers

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