1. Death is the simplest and easiest thing, but living is already in hell.
--"Camel Xiangzi"
2. Death is extremely beautiful. Death is equal to rejecting all understanding. Life is not the opposite of death, death is latent in life.
--Kawabata Yasunari
3. The dead rot in death, and the living rot in life.
--Sherwood Anderson's "Dark Smile"
4. Death is you plus the world and minus you.
--Calvino
5. Death is an eternal beacon. No matter where you go, you will eventually turn towards it. Everything will pass away, only death will live forever.
--Liu Cixin's "Three Body Problems"
6. Life is as gorgeous as summer flowers, and death is as quiet and beautiful as autumn leaves.
--Tagore's "Birds"
7. We can reach the stars after death, and leaving this world is just embarking on the road to the stars.
--"The Mystery of Loving Van Gogh's Starry Night"