'Death Be Not Proud' Quotes

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Death Be Not Proud is one of the most popular American death memoirs. This famous classic was written by John Gunther, a journalist. Death Be Not Proud is the illness narrative of his son, as he fights with a devastating brain tumor. Here are a few quotes from Death Be Not Proud.

Quotes

• "God is what's good in me."
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• "I have so much to do! And there's so little time!"
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• "I hope we can love Johnny more... and leave behind us, as he did, the love of love, the love of life."
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• "A primitive to-the-death struggle of reason against violence, reason against disruption, reason against brute unthinking force--this was what went on in Johnny's head. What he was fighting against was the ruthless assault of chaos. What he was fighting for, as it were, the life of the human mind."
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• "Oh how tired I feel."
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• "Scientists will save us all."
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• "Then little by little the life-color left his face, his lips became blue, and his hands were cold."
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• "My grief, I find, is not desolation or rebellion at universal law or deity. I find grief to be much simpler and sadder... All the things he loved tear at my heart because he is no longer here on earth to enjoy them. All the things he loved!"
  - John Gunther, Death Be Not Proud