„What will they do when they have only the herbs” he asked her.“Live or die as best they can,” she said. “Everything truly alive dies sooner or later.“

— Octavia E. Butler
„Veronika brought her interior monologue to a close and made a promise to herself: she would not leave Villete alive. It was best to put an end to everything now, while she was still brave and healthy enough to die.“
— Paulo Coelho
„There is only one dream worth having…to live while you are alive, and die only when you are dead.“
— Arundhati Roy
„That is what we are supposed to do when we are at our best — make it all up — but make it up so truly that later it will happen that way.“
— Ernest Hemingway
„She was to me, and still is, the greatest person I have known - one who can truly be called a "devoted" soul. I owe her everything.“
— Henry Miller