„Before his death, Rabbi Zusya said “In the coming world, they will not ask me: ‘Why were you not Moses?’ They will ask me: ‘Why were you not Zusya?“

— Martin Buber

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„Why, the question is often asked of meDo you choose as subjects for paintingSo often death, perishing and the grave?In order to one day live eternallyOne must often submit oneself to death.“
— Caspar David Friedrich
„FOR I CAN SEE THE BALANCE AND YOU HAVE LEFT THE WORLD MUCH BETTER THAN YOU FOUND IT, AND IF YOU ASK ME, said Death, NOBODY COULD DO ANY BETTER THAN THAT….“
— Terry Pratchett
„You could have anything else in the world. and you asked for me.“
— Cassandra Clare
„How much do you love me?' Midori asked.'Enough to melt all the tigers in the world to butter,' I said.“
— Haruki Murakami
„until the end of the world, all whys will be answered, but now, you can only ask!“
— Bob Marley
„To sell your soul is the easiest thing in the world. That's what everybody does every hour of his life. If I asked you to keep your soul - would you understand why that's much harder?“
— Ayn Rand
„When death comes, it does not ask your permission; it comes and takes you; it destroys you on the spot.“
— Jiddu Krishnamurti