The fear of death is more to be dreaded than death itself.

Men at some time are the masters of their fates: The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, but in ourselves, that we are underlings.

—Unknown

I think people that have a brother or sister don't realize how lucky they are. Sure, they fight a lot, but to know that there's always somebody there, somebody that's family.

—Unknown

Family isn't about whose blood you have. It's about who you care about.

—Unknown

No matter where you live, brothers are brothers and sisters are sisters. The bonds that keep family close are the same no matter where you are.

—Unknown

A family is a unit composed not only of children but of men, women, an occasional animal, and the common cold.

—Unknown

The paths of glory at least lead to the grave, but the paths of duty may not get you any where.

—James Thurber

It is impossible that anything so natural, so necessary, and so universal as death, should ever have been designed by Providence as an evil to mankind.

—Joseph Stalin

When you lose someone you love, you die too, and you wait around for your body to catch up.

—Johnny Carson

Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It's the transition that's troublesome.

—John Scalzi

I am not dying, not anymore than any of us are at any moment. We run, hopefully as fast as we can, and then everyone must stop. We can only choose how we handle the race.

—Isaac Asimov