Death is the term used to describe the cessation or permanent termination of all biological functions that sustain a living organism. Phenomena which commonly bring about death include old age, predation, malnutrition, disease, suicide, murder and accidents or trauma resulting in terminal injury. All known organisms inevitably experience death. Bodies of living organisms begin to decompose shortly after death.
In human societies, the nature of de...
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- I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhauser gate. All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain. Time to die. ,
- So well do I love you, I go to my god singing your praises. When I meet my father, I will tell him I fought beside you. ,
- “We fouled up. I did. He got hurt. Badly, maybe. And the god…is not helping him today.” ,
- "Strife brings all things into being on her battlefield. This I know. I have been there many times,” says Vashanka, lord of sack and pillage. “I have died before.” ,
- “Commander, you and your Stepsons are always welcome here. This fuss is not our doing. I saw the body. There’s no sign of…murder on her, but sometimes girls just…die.” ,
- "The two stallions, the silver and the black, represent the equine god (whomsoever horses pray to) in this ritual so ancient that no one knows what god to thank." ,
- "And as for death -- we get what we expect." ,
- "It's all the same -- no good without evil, no balance...no maat. If we lose one, we lose the other. It's just life, that's all." ,
- Reasons never matter, once Death comes cold and bold and takes the living by the hand. You count up your dead, every one.. ,
- "Die never for a god, Nikodemos who should no better -- not your soldiers' god, nor any other."
Also known as:
- Deceased
