„The meaning of this story is not found in the drowning of the Egyptian soldiers, for no one should rejoice at the death or defeat of a human being. Rather, this story symbolizes the death of evil and of inhuman oppression and unjust exploitation.“

— Jr.

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„If you really come down to any large story that interests people – holds the attention for a considerable time … human stories are practically always about one thing, aren't they? Death. The inevitability of death.“
— John Ronald Reuel Tolkien
„And lastly there is the oldest and deepest desire, the Great Escape: the Escape from Death. Fairy-stories provide many examples and modes of this … Fairy-stories are made by men not by fairies. The Human-stories of the elves are doubtless full of the Escape from Deathlessness.“
— John Ronald Reuel Tolkien
„Madame, all stories, if continued far enough, end in death, and he is no true-story teller who would keep that from you.“
— Ernest Hemingway
„Between childhood, boyhood, adolescence and manhood (maturity) there should be sharp lines drawn with tests, deaths, feats, rites, stories, songs, and judgments.“
— Jim Morrison
„No evil is honorable; but death is honorable; therefore death is not evil.“
— Zeno of Citium