Are not knowing and expecting two different things? Knowing someone will die does not dispell expectations in regards to that death or the life that makes you mourn that death.
Sojourn in every place as if you meant to spend your life there, never omitting an opportunity of doing a kindness, speaking a true word, or making a friend. ~John Ruskin
I just decided that I think this quote is definitely *not* true.
Why? I’m curious as I was unable to come up with a way to disprove it myself…
We know – for a fact – no one lives forever. Yet that does not reduce the pain felt when death occurs.
Are not knowing and expecting two different things? Knowing someone will die does not dispell expectations in regards to that death or the life that makes you mourn that death.