Life is full of toil, sacrifice, and pain, and from the time we stop growing, we know that we've begun dying. We watch helplessly as year by year, our bodies age and fail, while our survival instincts compel us to keep on going-which means living with the terrifying knowledge that ultimately death is inescapable.
Ghost Story: The Dresden Files, Book Thirteen (ed. Hachette UK, 2011) - ISBN: 9780748116607