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There's something about death that is comforting. The thought that you could die tomorrow frees you to appreciate your life now.

The acceptance of death gives you more of a stake in life, in living life happily, as it should be lived. Living for the moment.

It is only in the light of the inescapable fact of death that a person can adequately engage and enter upon the mysterious fact of life.

I've always been somebody who's acutely aware of my mortality.

If you are fully alive to the prospect of dying, you really start reprioritising your life.

The ultimate value of life depends upon awareness and the power of contemplation rather than upon mere survival.

I lived for nearly seven years with the awareness that death was my everyday companion.

We sometimes congratulate ourselves at the moment of waking from a troubled dream; it may be so the moment after death.

I think mortality makes you live a fuller existence. When I was a kid I was scared of death, and maybe that's what made me desperate to get the most out of life.

I know and value what it means to wake up and be alive and to share my story. I'm so blessed to be here and to be able to talk about it.