know them thyself, presume not God to scan; the proper study of mankind is man
Death is nothing at all. I have only slipped away into the next room. I am I, and you are you. Whatever we were to each other, that we still are. Call me by my old familiar name, speak to me in the easy way which you always used. Put no difference in your tone, wear no forced air of solemnity or sorrow. Laugh as we always laughed at the little jokes we enjoyed together. Play, smile, think of me. Let my name be ever the houdehold word that it always was. Let it be spoken without effort, without the trace of a shadow on it. Life means all that it ever meant. It is the same as it ever was; there is unbroken continuity. Why should I be out of mind because I am out of sight? I am waiting for you, for an interval, somewhere very near, just round the corner. All is well.
Henry Scott Holland 1847-1918
Know them thyself, presume not God to scan; the proper study of mankind is man.Alexander Pope
Hij was mijn Noorden, mijn Zuiden, mijn Westen, mijn Oosten. Mijn werken door de week, mijn zondagstroost.
Mijn dag , mijn nacht, mijn gesprek, mijn lied. Voor altijd dacht ik. Maar zo was het niet.
W.H.Auden
Het verlies van een dierbare is niet iets waarmee je op een gegeven moment "klaar" mee bent: je leert er alleen mee leven. Je zult weer heel worden, maar nooit meer dezelfde zijn.
Elisabeth Kübler-Ross
Als je nooit kunt terugkrijgen wat je bent kwijtgeraakt, hoe zou je dan liefst de rest van je tijd doorbrengen? Doe dat dan.
Waarom hebben eenden van die platte voetjes? Om brandende sigaretten uit te trappen. Waarom hebben olifanten van die platte poten? Om brandende eenden uit te trappen..."
No one wants to die. Even people who want to go to heaven dont want to die to get there. And yet death is the destination we all share. No one has ever escaped it. And that is as it should be, because Death is very likely the single best invention of Life. It is Lifes change agent. It clears out the old to make way for the new. Right now the new is you, but someday not too long from now, you will gradually become the old and be cleared away. Sorry to be so dramatic, but it is quite true.~Steve Jobs ...RIP"
the annoying habit aside that when someone rings the doorbell, dogs always assume it's for them xD
