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Fear of death (n.) drives ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠whoever abides in common life toward singleness, where as one who becomes he overcomes death by overcoming common life.

Fear of death (n.) holds ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the neurotic to his mother: he has good reasons for not leaving her, but ultimately it is the fear of death that keeps him there.

Fear of death (n.) as ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the fear of the end belongs to everything that is not yet where it ought to be — so we avoid seeing what our wholeness still lacks, and avoid preparing for death.

Fear of death (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠unnaturally fierce today because a life senselessly wasted is death too — people have traded the life-keeping rhythm of the aeons for the dreadful ticking of the clock.

Fear of death (n.) comes ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠at night, when the thoughts add and subtract the years and the wall of darkness approaches that will engulf all one loves — then all our profundities about life slink off, and fear envelops the sleepless one like a smothering blanket.