"I always thought I'd like my own tombstone to be blank. No epitaph, and no name. Well, actually, I'd like it to say 'figment.'"
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"To live in the hearts of others is not to die"
"A man must stand erect, not be kept erect by others."
"He hath awakened from the dream of life."
"Come unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden."
"When she had passed, it seemed like the ceasing of exquisite music."
"I don't want a tombstone. You could carve on it 'She never actually wanted a tombstone.'"