LOVE
LOVE is anterior to life,
Posterior to death,
Initial of creation, and
the exponent of breath
Posterior to death,
Initial of creation, and
the exponent of breath
Emily Dickinson, poem XXXVII
Emily Dickinson, poem XXXVII
On the other hand, I see many people die because they judge that life is not worth living. I see others paradoxically getting killed for the ideas or illusions that give them a reason for living (what is called a reason for living is also an excellent reason for dying).
(Sonnet 10, W. Shakespeare)