Author: Kelly Larsen


  • “All the art of living lies in a fine mingling of letting go and holding on.”
    -Havelock Ellis

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  • “Between Going and Coming” by Octavio PazReading Octavio Paz's "Between Going and Coming" as a reaction to death

    “Between Going and Coming” by Octavio Paz
    Reading Octavio Paz’s “Between Going and Coming” as a reaction to death

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  • “Early Death”Hartley Coleridge's intentional ambiguity reveals conflicting emotions

    “Early Death”
    Hartley Coleridge’s intentional ambiguity reveals conflicting emotions

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  • “I’m very pleased to be here. Let’s face it, at my age I’m very pleased to be anywhere.”
    -George Burns

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  • “He made death his ladder to the skies.”
    -Edmund Spenser

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  • “When Death Comes”The role of realizations in Mary Oliver's "When Death Comes"

    “When Death Comes”
    The role of realizations in Mary Oliver’s “When Death Comes”

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  • Spreading Sympathy
    Gwen Frostic’s sympathy cards use nature to help connect with others

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  • “A Piece of the Storm”A little snowflake has a big impact in Mark Strand's "A Piece of the Storm"

    “A Piece of the Storm”
    A little snowflake has a big impact in Mark Strand’s “A Piece of the Storm”

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  • “There are worse things in life than death. Have you ever spent an evening with an insurance salesman?”
    -Woody Allen

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  • “Death is not extinguishing the light; it is only putting out the lamp because the dawn has come.”
    -Rabindranath Tagore

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