Amber

“I know what I wish. I wish some Day that I might live by a River — one that is strong of current & silent; & above it, in the Pines, the Hawks shall call; & I shall live there in a small House of one Room & play the Violin, & Someone Else shall play the Harpsichord, & we will be far from all Human Habitation. We shall walk by the Banks of that River, & listen to the Buzzing of the Rushes, & that alone shall be our Company.”
― M.T. Anderson, The Pox Party

“Since death will take us anyway, why live our life in fear? Why not die in our old ways and be free to live?”
― Jack Kornfield

“People lived, and died, and were remembered. It happened in the same way that winter follows summer. It was not a wrong thing. There were tears, of course, but they were for those who were left; those who had gone on did not need them”
― Terry Pratchett, I Shall Wear Midnight

“It was amazing to see that all people needed to make them happy was food and drink and other people.”
― Terry Pratchett, I Shall Wear Midnight