"Desire nothing too fervently, not even life; yet keep thy hold upon it mightily, quietly, unshakably, for as long as thou really art resolved to live, Death with all his force, shall have no power against thee.
"Septimius Felton or, The Elixir of Life"
Nathaniel Hawthorne
The old lady shook her head: "She's dead," she said, unshakably.
"Dr. Adriaan"
Louis Couperus