Death is an old friend; I know him well. I lived with him, ate with him, slept with him; to meet him again does not frighten me-death is as necessary as birth, as happy in its own way. (Robert A. Heinlein)

Death is an old friend; I know him well. I lived with him, ate with him, slept with him; to meet him again does not frighten me-death is as necessary as birth, as happy in its own way.

Robert A. Heinlein

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