What you possess in the world will be found at the day of your death to belong to someone else. But what you are will be yours forever. Topic: Death, Author: Henry Van Dyke Share Article: Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on Pinterest Share on Telegram Share on Whatsapp Copy Link
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2 I was in two episodes playing Christopher Reeve's character's emissary. They wanted to have my character announce Dr Swan's death which I thought was exploitative.
3 Planning to play: that's what saving for retirement is today – and it is antithetical to the nature of play fully within the definition of work and blissfully ignorant of the reality of death.
4 I'm not on the run from anything and I'm not at all clear about what I'm running towards. But as some great writer put it I want to be certain that when I arrive at death I'm totally exhausted.