The more you fail to
experience your life fully, the more you will fear death. Nietzsche expressed this idea forcefully in two short epigrams: "Consummate your life" and "Die at the right time" -as did Zorba the Greek in urging, "Leave death
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![Shaun David Hutchinson](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1387295428i/3130410._UX200_CR0,41,200,200_.jpg)
“Depression isn't a war you win. It's a battle you fight every day. You never stop, never get to rest. It's one bloody fray after another.”
― We Are the Ants
― We Are the Ants
![Adiela Akoo](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1595784185i/18576962._UX200_CR0,50,200,200_.jpg)
“Someone mentioned your name today,
took me down memory lane,
to a time very much younger,
a time more pure, more sane.”
― Lost in a Quatrain
took me down memory lane,
to a time very much younger,
a time more pure, more sane.”
― Lost in a Quatrain
![Patrick Ness](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1589369436i/370361._UX200_CR0,32,200,200_.jpg)
“Connor:I let her go. I could have held on but I let her go.
The Monster:And that is the truth.
Connor:I didn't mean it, though! I didn't mean to let her go! And now it's for real! Now she's going to die and it's my fault!
The Monster:And that is not the truth at all.”
― A Monster Calls
The Monster:And that is the truth.
Connor:I didn't mean it, though! I didn't mean to let her go! And now it's for real! Now she's going to die and it's my fault!
The Monster:And that is not the truth at all.”
― A Monster Calls
![Patrick Ness](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1589369436i/370361._UX200_CR0,32,200,200_.jpg)
“You do not write your life with words, the monster said. You write it with actions. What you think is not important. It is only important what you do.”
― A Monster Calls
― A Monster Calls
![Naomi Alderman](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1272068831i/118226._UX200_CR0,28,200,200_.jpg)
“One of them says, 'Why did they do it?'
And the other answers, 'Because they could.'
That is the only answer there ever is.”
― The Power
And the other answers, 'Because they could.'
That is the only answer there ever is.”
― The Power
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