“If my survival caused another to perish, then death would be sweeter and more beloved.”– Khalil Gibran Related Quotes “Constantly risking absurdity and death whenever he performs above the heads of his audience, the poet, like an acrobat, climbs on rhyme to a high wire of his own making.”– Lawrence Ferlinghetti “Death borders upon our birth, and our cradle stands in the grave.”– Joseph Hall “When we have lost everything, including hope, life becomes a disgrace, and death a duty.”– W. C. Fields