“I fear that a life of death has made me numb to both.”
“Life was out there and death was, too. I feared both now.”
“Death makes no sense except to people who have passionately loved life. How can one die without having something to part from? Detachment is a negation of both life and death. Whoever has overcome his fear of death has also triumphed over life. For life is nothing but another word for this fear.”
“He made me see what Life is, and what Death signifies, and why Love is stronger than both.”
“If I wanted death, Edward would give it to me. Because we both understand that it isn't death that we fear. It's living.”
“I have triumphed over both life and death because I no longer desire to live, nor do I any longer fear to die.”