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“All men live enveloped in whale-lines. All are born with halters round their necks; but it is only when caught in the swift, sudden turn of death, that mortals realize the silent, subtle, ever-present perils of life.” Herman Melville, Moby-Dick
“Immortals become mortals, mortals become immortals; they live in each other's death and die in each other's life.” Heraclitus, On Nature
“There's no beauty without poignancy and there's no poignancy without the feeling that it's going, men, names, books, houses—bound for dust—mortal” F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Beautiful and Damned
“Everybody going to be dead one day, just give them time.” Neil Gaiman, Anansi Boys
“On a long enough time line, everyone's survival rate drops to zero.” Chuck Palahniuk, Fight Club

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