People, I thought, wanted security. They couldn't bear the idea of dea…

John Green
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People, I thought, wanted security. They couldn't bear the idea of death being a big black nothing, couldn't bear the thought of their loved ones not existing, and couldn't even imagine themselves not existing. I finally decided that people believed in an afterlife because they couldn't bear not to. ✨ John Green (2008). Looking for Alaska, p.79, Penguin
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