Most people dread finding out when they come to die that they have never really lived.

"All right," said the [Cheshire] Cat; and this time it vanished quite slowly, beginning with the end of the tail, and ending with the grin, which remained some time after the rest of it had gone.

Treasure the moments, her heart whispered. If you don't learn to treasure the moments, you'll never be able to treasure the memories.

Summer is a discouraging time to work - you don't feel death coming on the way it does in the fall when the boys really put pen to paper.

I like the legend behind him. James Dean symbolizes the young actor's dream. He struggled to get into Hollywood. He shot to fame at the age of 24 but only got to star in three films. It's kind of a fantasy of what could have been.

No one can outrun death. It will catch up to all of us eventually.

and that, in the end, the most interesting people always leave.

Death is our constant companion, and it is death that gives each person's life its true meaning.

to die tomorrow was no worse than dying on any other day. Every day was there to be lived or to mark one's departure from this world.

If you concentrate always on the present, you'll be a happy man. You'll see that there is life in the desert, that there are stars in the heavens...Life will be a party for you, a grand festival, because life is the moment we're living right now.

Hurry up: your dreams are waiting for you, but they will not wait forever

life can seem either very long or very short, according to how you live it.