We all - in the end - die in medias res. In the middle of a story. Of many stories - Mona Simpson http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/30/opinion/mona-simpsons-eulogy-for-stev…
Those who do monumental work don't need monuments - Baba Amte
The world is preserving itself for posterity. Words, in and for themselves, are never worth preserving. Only intentions. Art is not random. It's designed. I don't think writing makes you a writer - Richard Madeley http://richardmadeley.blogspot.com/2008/06/drunk-in-318.html
The things you do for yourself are gone when you are gone, but the things you do for others remain as your legacy - Ndukwe Dike Kalu
The most important question we must ask ourselves is, 'Are we being good ancestors?' - Jonas Salk
the melancholy awareness of more time gone, the tally of ambitions achieved and of opportunities missed - J.K. Rowling http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/guest_contributors/…
The life of every man is a diary in which he means to write one story and writes another, and his humblest hour is when he compares the volume as it is with what he vowed to make it - James Barrie
Salt remnants of ancient oceans flow through our veins, ashes of expired stars rekindle in our genetic chemistry - Theodore Roszak
Remembering I'll be dead soon is the most important tool I've ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart - Steve Jobs, http://m.news.com/2166-12_3-10271908-71.html
Most men lead lives of quiet desperation and go to the grave with the song still in them - Henry David Thoreau