Erich Maria Remarque. The life of a loan (№ 37882)

- Not true. Almost no one thinks about death until it got really close to him. The tragedy and yet the irony lies in the fact that all people on earth, from the dictator down to the last beggar, act like they will live forever. If we constantly lived with the consciousness of the inevitability of death, we would be more humane and merciful.
And more impatient, desperate and fearful, ' said Lilian, laughing.
And more understanding and generous...
And more selfish...
- And more selfless, because the light did not take.
- In short, we would be about the same as we are now.
Gerard leaned on the arm.
- All except the Tibetan sages and scattered all over the world of eccentrics, on which laughs.
All I wanted to say Lillian, but said nothing. She remembered the sanatorium, where nothing was forgotten, though there is a death ignored, but not to stupid to eke out their days, but because, knowing the inevitability of death, how to overcome your fear.
- Except for the sick, ' said Gerard. - But after three. day after recovery, they forget all solemnly promised myself during my illness.