Death visited me this morning. We are playing chess together.

Döden besökte mig i morse. Vi spelar schack tillsammans.

The Seventh Seal

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Topic

Grim reaper Death Chess

Speaker

Antonius Block

Actor

Max von Sydow

Source

The Seventh Seal

Medium

Film

Genre

Fantasy drama (film) Drama (film) Fantasy drama Drama

Language

Swedish

Time

1957 1950s 20th century

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Citation

Det sjunde inseglet [The Seventh Seal]. Directed by Ingmar Bergman, Svensk Filmindustri, 1957.

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Lolita, light of my life, fire of my loins. My sin, my soul. Lo-lee-ta: the tip of the tongue taking a trip of three steps down the palate to tap, at three, on the teeth. Lo. Lee. Ta.

Vladimir Nabokov

Lolita

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Vladimir Nabokov
Source
Lolita
Medium
Novel
Statement Type
Opening lines Assonance
Language
English
Time
1955 1950s 20th century
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Citation

Nabokov, Vladimir. Lolita. Olympia Press, 1955, ch. 1.

Another quote about Death

I should rather labor as another's serf, in the home of a man without fortune, one whose livelihood was meager, than rule over all the departed dead.

Homer

The Odyssey

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Slavery Death

Author

Homer
Source
The Odyssey
Medium
Poem
Genre
Epic poem
Language
Greek
Time
700 BC 700s BC 8th century BC
Era
Classical antiquity
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Homer. Ὀδύσσεια [Odyssey]. c. 710 BC, bk. 11, l. 489-491.

Current Citation

Homer. The Odyssey, edited by Bernard Knox, translated by Robert Fagles. Penguin Classics, 2006, bk. 11, l. 489-491.

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You can't handle the truth!

Col. Nathan R. Jessep

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Facing the truth Truth
Speaker
Col. Nathan R. Jessep
Actor
Jack Nicholson
Source
A Few Good Men
Medium
Film
Genre
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Language
English
Time
1992 1990s 20th century
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Citation

A Few Good Men. Directed by Rob Reiner, Castle Rock Entertainment, 1992.