“Life is scarier than death.”

“Was his death an essential stage in the continuation of his life?”

“Death is the only thing in life that you absolutely have to be aware of as it's happening.”

“Life overflows with imperfections, but some matter more than others”

“Anyone who believes that a second is faster than a decade did not live life.”

“Or maybe what he fears is just the opposite: that nobody is looking; that his death, like his life, is without purpose; that there is neither greater good nor evil--only people living and dying because their bodies function and then do not; that the universe is a rip.”

“She took the paper from Yankel's hand, which was damp with rain, and fear of death, and death. Scrawled in a child's writing: Everything for Brod.”