Life is a great surprise. I do not see why death should not be an even greater one.

Vladimir Nabokov

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Topic

Mystery of death Life and death Death

Speaker

John Shade

Author

Vladimir Nabokov

Source

Pale Fire

Medium

Novel

Language

English

Time

1962 1960s 20th century

Occupation

Novelist Writer

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Russia Europe

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Citation

Nabokov, Vladimir. Pale Fire. G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1962.

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Death is certain, replacing both the siren-song of Paradise and the dread of Hell. Life on this earth, with all its mystery and beauty and pain, is then to be lived far more intensely: we stumble and get up, we are sad, confident, insecure, feel loneliness and joy and love. There is nothing more; but I want nothing more.

Ayaan Hirsi Ali

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Living life to the fullest Life and death Life Death

Author

Ayaan Hirsi Ali
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How (and Why) I Became an Infidel The Portable Atheist
Medium
Essay
Genre
Religious literature
Language
English
Time
2007 2000s 21st century
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Citation

Hirsi Ali, Ayaan. "How (and Why) I Became an Infidel." The Portable Atheist: Essential Readings for the Nonbeliever, edited by Christopher Hitchens. Da Capo Press, 2007, ch. 47.