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21 " From the moment your born, you're dying. "
― T.J. Klune , Under the Whispering Door
22 " Why?” she asked as she trembled. “Why do you care so much?” “Because I don’t know how else to be. "
23 " What're a couple of years in the face of eternity? "
24 " Hindsight is a powerful thing, Wallace. We don’t always see what’s right in front of us, much less appreciate it. It’s not until we look back that we find what we should have known all along. "
25 " Wallace grimaced. “Whoever told you that you were funny obviously lied and you should feel bad about it. "
26 " Lives don't end. They move on. "
27 " Sure. Do you like the plants?” Wallace glared at him. “They’re plants.” “Hush,” Hugo said. “Don’t let them hear you say that. They’re very sensitive.” “You’re out of your mind.” “I prefer to think of myself as eccentric. "
28 " Why don’t you just heat the water in the microwave?” he asked, pouring the water into a ceramic teapot. “Oh my god,” Mei said. “Don’t ever let Hugo hear you say that. No, you know what? I changed my mind. Tell him, but make sure I’m there when you do. I want to see the expression on his face. "
29 " He startled when a tear slipped down his cheek. “Do I have a choice?”“In life? Always.”“And in death?”She shrugged. “It’s a little more … regimented. "
30 " I can't wait to see him again, to hold my son's face in my hands and tell him how proud I am of him. We think we have time for such things, but there's never enough for all we should have said. "
31 " But it was better to have had it for as long as he did than to never have had it at all. What a tremendous thought that was. "
32 " We live and we breathe. We die, and we still feel like breathing. It’s not always the big deaths either. There are little deaths, because that’s what grief is. "
33 " The man was younger, around Hugo’s age. He was coldly handsome, though his handlebar mustache made Wallace want to punch him in the face. "
34 " It was a relief, really. This old body had worn down, and try as I might, I couldn't make it work like I wanted it to anymore. Sometimes, death is a blessing, even if we don't realize it right away. "
35 " You’re not like everyone else, just as they’re not you. "
36 " There’s beauty in the chaos, if you know where to look for it. But you would know about that, wouldn’t you? You see it too. "
37 " We’re all on different paths, but death doesn’t discriminate. It comes for everyone. "
38 " I’d hate to know everything. There’d be no mystery left. What would be the point? "
39 " Hugo shook his head slowly. “Of course you can. We do it all the time, regardless of if we’re alive or not, over the small things and the big things. Everyone is a little bit sad all the time. "
40 " If wishes were fishes, we’d all swim in riches. "