"Death doesn’t frighten me; now I can think peacefully of ending a long life." ― Jeanne Calment Topic(s): Death More From Jeanne Calment "Always keep your smile. That’s how I explain my long life." "Every age has its happiness and troubles." More In Death "Music is my thing. It’s my thing; it’s what I love. It’s what I do. It’s football to me; it’s Christmas to me; religion to me; poetry to me."― Ryan Adams "What is the value of sticking a microphone in a man’s face right after he has learned of his wife’s death?"― Jessica Savitch "Is life so dear or peace so sweet as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take, but as for me, give me liberty, or give me death!"― Patrick Henry