„Death is part of who we are. It guidesus. It shapes us. It drives us to madness. Can you still be human if you have no mortal end“

— Christopher Paolini

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„Repression is an evolutionary adaptation permitting us to function under the burden of our expanded consciousness. For what we are conscious of could drive us mad.“
— Camille Paglia
„Death isn't funny.""Then why are there so many jokes about death? Jill, with us — us humans — death is so sad that we must laugh at it.“
— Robert A. Heinlein