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Showing posts with label Death and Dying. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Death and Dying. Show all posts
Friday, February 18, 2011

Quote of the Day (Thomas Gray, on the “Inevitable Hour” of the Grave)

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“The boast of heraldry, the pomp of pow’r, And all that beauty, all that wealth e’er gave, Awaits alike th’ inevitable hour: The paths ...
Sunday, November 28, 2010

Song Lyric of the Day (George Harrison, on Why “This Grey” Will Pass)

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“Daylight is good at arriving at the right time It's not always going to be this grey All things must pass, all things must pass away.”—...
Sunday, February 1, 2009

Quote of the Day (Richard John Neuhaus, on Death)

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“The worst thing is not the sorrow or the loss or the heartbreak. Worse is to be encountered by death and not to be changed by the encounter...
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