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1 " The funny thing about facing imminent death is that it really snaps everything else into perspective. "
― James Patterson , The Angel Experiment (Maximum Ride, #1)
2 " He leaned towards me, and I did what any reasonable person would do when facing imminent death by being eaten alive. I screamed. "
― Donald Firesmith , Demons on the Dalton (Hell Holes, #2)
3 " The saddest thing about these imagined deathbed conversions is that, even if they were real, they could hardly be seen as victories for Christ. They are stories in which the final pain of a fatal disease, or the fear of imminent death and eternal punishment, is identified as the factor necessary for otherwise rational people to believe in the supernatural.If mental torture is required to effect a conversion, what does that say about the reliability of the fundamental premises of Christianity to begin with? Evangelicals would be better advised to concentrate on converting the living. Converting the deceased suggests only that they can't convince those who can argue back. They should let the dead rest in peace. "
― Lawrence M. Krauss
4 " How stand I, then,That have a father killed, a mother stained,Excitements of my reason and my blood,And let all sleep, while to my shame I seeThe imminent death of twenty thousand menThat for a fantasy and trick of fameGo to their graves like beds, fight for a plotWhereon the numbers cannot try the cause,Which is not tomb enough and continentTo hide the slain? O, from this time forthMy thoughts be bloody or be nothing "
