Tell him,' the colonel said, smiling, 'that a person doesn’t die when he should but when he can.

My God, if I had a heart, I would write my hate on ice, and wait for the sun to show.

and realized that death was not only a permanent probability, as he had always believed, but an immediate reality.

Each man is master of his own death, and all that we can do when the time comes is to help him die without fear of pain.

They were people whose lives were slow, who did not see themselves growing old, or falling sick, or dying, but who disappeared little by little in their own time, turning into memories, mists from other days, until they were absorbed into oblivion.

You people have a religion of death that fills you with the joy and courage to confront it...I do not. I believe the only essential thing is to be alive.- Abrenucio

Тук няма да ви липсва някой полудял от любов, който в най-скоро време да ви предостави тази възможност." И докато го казваше, докторът си даде сметка, че измежду безбройните самоубийства с цианова сол, които помнеше, това е първото, чиято причина не е нещастна любов. Тогава нещо в обичайния му тон се промени.- А когато ви се предостави, обърнете внимание - каза той на стажанта медик: - Те обикновено имат пясък в сърцето.

The people one loves should take all their things with them when they die.

Eran gentes de vidas lentas, a las cuales no se les veía volverse viejas, ni enfermarse ni morir, sino que iban desvaneciéndose poco a poco en su tiempo, volviéndose recuerdos, brumas de otra época, hasta que los asimilaba el olvido.