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" Death is imposed only on creatures, not their creations, and has therefore always appeared in art in a broken form: as allegory. "

Theodor W. Adorno

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" When life is victorious, there is birth; when it is thwarted, there is death. A warrior is always engaged in a life-and-death struggle for Peace. "

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" It is easy to go down into Hell; night and day, the gates of dark Death stand wide; but to climb back again, to retrace one's steps to the upper air - there's the rub, the task. "

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