"The body relaxed, and instantly grew stiff. The struggle was over. The insignificant creature now knew death. As I looked at the dead moth, the minute wayside triumph of so great a force over so mean an antagonist filled me with wonder. Just as life had been strange a few minutes before, so death was now as strange. The moth having righted himself now lay most decently and uncomplainingly composed. Oh yes, he seemed to say, death is stronger than I am."
Virginia Woolf
"The Death of the Moth"
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ashley hamel gave props (7 Dec 2008):
beautiful perspective
