The beauty of chastity is that when death comes,
you’ll regard it as a blessed relief.

The Worthing Chronicle

Death: to stop sinning suddenly.

People living deeply have no fear of death.

Don’t look forward
to the day you stop suffering,
because when it comes
you’ll know you’re dead.

Observer, January 26, 1958

To die will be an awfully big adventure.

The man who retires from business will shortly be retired by death. Nature has no use for the person who quits, so she just takes his word for it and lets him quit.

“On Getting Old”

If you feel that you’re not ready to die, never fear; nature will give you complete and adequate assistance when the time comes.

The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.

In the growing darkness, they could see the antiaircraft shells rising upward and exploding like skyrockets illuminating the nearby hills. In time, the bombing stopped and the fires began giving the city and the surrounding mountains an unearthly glow.…

“How can death and destruction be so beautiful?”

Crossing by Night, 1993