“I wish to be a martyr, and I don’t fear death.”– Muqtada al Sadr Related Quotes “Life is like that. Death sweeps it away. That’s what death is for. That’s why they keep telling this story. It’s the only story.”— Catherynne M. Valente “Lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven.”— Matthew “In the midst of life we are in death,'” said Miss Ophelia.”— Harriet Beecher Stowe