"Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It’s the transition that’s troublesome." ― Isaac Asimov Topic(s): Death Tags: death, pleasant More From Isaac Asimov "When I read about the way in which library funds are being cut and cut, I can only think that American society has found one more way to destroy itself." "There is a single light of science, and to brighten it anywhere is to brighten it everywhere." "John Dalton’s records, carefully preserved for a century, were destroyed during the World War II bombing of Manchester. It is not only the living who are killed in war." More In Death "The darkness of death is like the evening twilight; it makes all objects appear more lovely to the dying."― Jean Paul "In every parting there is an image of death."― George Eliot "Fear of death has never played a large part in my consciousness – perhaps unimaginative of me."― A. N. Wilson