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Death
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"Death" Quotes

In "Death" by Neil Gaiman, Death, portrayed as a compassionate and witty young woman, guides souls through the afterlife while exploring the meaning and value of life and mortality.

Quotes

I love the dead. It's the living that frighten me.

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lovefear

You lived what anybody gets, Bernie. You got a lifetime.

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life

I believe that all anyone really wants in this life is to sit in peace and eat a sandwich.

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lifepeace

Things need not have happened to be true. Tales and dreams are the shadow-truths that will endure when mere facts are dust and ashes, and forgot.

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truthimagination

You don't understand. You never have understood. You never listen to me.

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misunderstanding

It's not the end of the world at all.

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hope

I'm always there. I'm always everywhere. I'm the world. I'm the sky. I'm the ground. I'm the water. I'm the air. I'm a god.

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omnipresencepower

You're dead, and you're still trying to take care of everybody.

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caringdeath

I'm not running a charity here.

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humorresponsibility

Death is before me today, like the recovery of a sick man, like going forth into a garden after sickness.

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deathrecovery