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All I wanna do
is have a little fun before I die
says the man next to me
out of nowhere

—Sheryl Crow

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Everything dies
baby, that's a fact

—Bruce Springsteen

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I never thought too hard on dying before.

—Fugazi

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Nobody knows what waits ahead
beyond the earth and sky
lie-d lie-d lie
I'm not afraid to die

—Gillian Welch

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Seasons don't fear the reaper
Nor do the wind,
the sun or the rain
We can be like they are

—Blue Oyster Cult

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Behold and see as you pass by
As you are now, so once was I
As I am now, so you will be
Prepare for death and follow me

—Tomb of Edward, the Black Prince, 1376

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We can know only two things in life—that we, and those we love, will die, and that we don’t know when.

—Buddhist saying

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I'm always relieved when someone is delivering a eulogy and I realize I'm listening to it.

—George Carlin

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I intend to live forever or die trying.

—Groucho Marx

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Give me a Leonard Cohen afterworld
So I can sigh eternally

―Nirvana

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Zed’s dead, baby. Zed’s dead.

—Pulp Fiction

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You and I,
we were born to die

—Lana Del Rey

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shall we die together,
my lover whispers—
evening fireflies

—Masajo Suzuki

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It is not dying,
It is not dying

—Beatles

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Your projects will go unfinished.

—Chögyam Trungpa

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Carved upon my stone
My body lies
But still I roam

—Metallica

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And as I watch the drops of rain
Weave their weary paths and die
I know that I am like the rain
There but for the grace of you go I

—Paul Simon

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We are sacred beings, as are our parts, as is the Earth. Too many people die without knowing that.

—Richard Schwartz

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People living deeply
have no fear of death.

―Anaïs Nin

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I do not fear death. I had been dead for billions and billions of years before I was born, and had not suffered the slightest inconvenience from it.

―Mark Twain

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Turn the key and bolt the door,
Sweet is death forevermore.

―Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Thanks to impermanence,
everything is possible.

—Thich Nhat Hanh

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Death is the greatest teacher.

—Buddha

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Poem: When Death Comes

Poem: Obituaries

Poem: Because I could not stop for Death –

Poem: Seeing Off the Dead

Poem: At the Moment

Poem: The Afterlife

Poem: URN

Poem: Shifting the Sun

Poem: Nocturnal

Poem: The First Night

Poem: Graves

Poem: Sky Amazement

Poem: Sky Burial

Poem: The Truth the Dead Know

Poem: The Ashes

Poem: Sun and Moon

Poem: Dead Butterfly

Poem: Eyes Fastened with Pins

Poem: Settler’s Creek

Poem: Crossing Shoal Creek

Poem: Earth, Take Me Back

Poem: Delivery

Poem: Enough

Poem: Covering the Mirrors

Poem: In the Mirror

Poem: Neighbors

Poem: Big Clock

Poem: The Garden of Proserpine

Poem: Life After Death

You are already dying

No Death, No Fear

What happens when we die

Death is not the end

What thinking about death does for the living

What to read to come to terms with death

Think about your death and live better

The college course that’s all about death

Death is having a moment

How to find meaning in the face of death

How social media is changing the way we approach death

Jung on life after death

Under the skeleton tree

Sugar skulls

Packed & ready for whatever’s next

Putting death on the table

The zen watchmaker

Death: The greatest teacher

7 life and death questions

The 5 remembrances

Goodbye and good journey

Birth and death in every breath

Good death? Let’s get real.

Where, oh where will I go?

Gifts from beyond

The life-changing practice of death awareness

The science of near-death experiences

What happens inside a dying mind?

A neuroscientist prepares for death

What people actually say before they die

What it feels like to die

Preparing to die

How to decide what to leave behind

Finding the dharma

We are all Thay’s continuation

Trust in life

Everything dies

This world of dew

All of the near-death experiences I’ve had this week

Death salon

What it’s like to learn you’re going to die

How to die

To live is to die

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