Quotation
“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
The idea behind the quotation
The quotation imagines death as a calm, ordinary passage into what comes next, without pain, spectacle, or a need to dwell on what has been left behind.
Vocabulary in context
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