Only death consistently excites your emotions, whether comtemplating it when life is safe and stale, or fleeing it when life is threatened and precious
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Death is the only thing that consistently provokes strong emotions, whether imagined or faced.
- In plain terms
- Death always makes us feel deeply, whether we think about it or run from it.
- What can you take from it?
- Death triggers emotion.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How does thinking about death affect you?
- What emotions does mortality bring?
Another view
Other events like birth also excite emotions consistently.
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