“Wherever we are posted, there we stand, come life or death, to the end.”

“The Innocent Mage is come , and we stand at the beginning of the end of everything”

“We stand on a mountain pass in the midst of whirling snow and blinding mist, through which we get glimpses now and then of paths which may be deceptive. If we stand still we shall be frozen to death. If we take the wrong road we shall be dashed to pieces. We do not certainly know whether there is any right one. What must we do? 'Be strong and of a good courage.' Act for the best, hope for the best, and take what comes.... If death ends all, we cannot meet death better.”

“We never stop reading, although every book comes to an end, just as we never stop living, although death is certain”

“Perhaps the best cure for the fear of death is to reflect that life has a beginning as well as an end. There was a time when we were not: this gives us no concern. Why, then, should it trouble us that a time will come when we shall cease to be?”

“We come from a dark abyss, we end in a dark abyss, and we call the luminous interval life.”