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Death anxiety is the mother of all religions, which, in one way or another, attempt to temper the anguish of our finitude.

Death anxiety is the mother of all religions, which, in one way or another, attempt to temper the anguish of our finitude.
– Irvin D Yalom

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  21. A mother is always a mother, since a mother is a biological fact, whilst a father is a movable feast. – Angela Carter
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  27. The ascetic remembrance of death is opposed to akedia, to anxiety, to depression, and becomes a powerful reminder of eternity, its joyful nostalgia. – Paul Evdokimov
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