Q U O T E S   B Y   I S S A C   F R E E M A N

Death is the vast background against which the brilliance of individual lives, like stars, become visible.

Passing without notice is like being lain to an unmarked grave.

To die alone is worse than dying,

But to slip away without anyone taking notice is worse than living.

I celebrated this Millennium as if it were my last.

Only the sighted worry of blindness.

Only the joyous worry of crying.

Only the living worry of dying.

Yet immortality begins with death.

Have a nice time; be sure to spell my name right.

... on being asked what should be done upon his death

Who cares.  We all die in the end anyway!

... on being asked who will win the next presidential election

I always hoped I'd die while still well known

Ducks symbolize the yearnings of all men to be free in the air and under water.

He moved too slowly.  The ducks nipped at his heels with the ferocity of life.