“He will live ill who does not know how to die well”
“He will always be a slave who does not know how to live upon a little.”
“Dying ain't important. Everyone does that. What's important is how well you do your living.”
“Looking at her in the hospital he had thought, I don't know you, who you are, does it matter if we live or die?”
“What's the point anyway — Of suffering, dying? It teaches us to live, boy. A man who does not struggle does not live, he survives.”
“How much does a man live, after all?/ Does he live a thousand days, or one only?For a week, or for several centuries?/ How long does a man spend dying?/ What does it mean to say 'for ever'? ”