Perhaps passing through the gates of death is like passing quietly thr…

Mark Helprin
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Perhaps passing through the gates of death is like passing quietly through the gate in a pasture fence. On the other side, you keep walking, without the need to look back. No shock, no drama, just the lifting of a plank or two in a simple wooden gate in a clearing. Neither pain, nor floods of light, nor great voices, but just the silent crossing of a meadow. ✨ Mark Helprin (1991). A Soldier of the Great War, Harcourt
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