How fascinating is death, the extinction of life. One moment here and the next gone. The light put out and only the empty bag of the body left.
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There is only one way to get ready for immortality, and that is to love this life and live it as bravely and faithfully and cheerfully as we can.
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Memory is a capricious and arbitrary creature. You never can tell what pebble she will pick up from the shore of life to keep among her treasures, or what inconspicuous flower of the field she will preserve as the symbol of 'thoughts that do often lie too deep for tears.' ... And yet I do not doubt that the most Important things are always the best remembered.
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If life were always merry,
Our souls would seek relief,
And rest from weary laughter
In the quiet arms of grief.
Henry Van Dyke
Every house where love abides And friendship is a guest, Is surely home, and home, sweet home For there the heart can rest.
Henry van Dyke
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