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B'Elanna: But I was on Voyager with my crew!
Klingon: That was the naj; the dream before dying. When we can't accept that we've died, we create the illusion of life to hold on to.
B'Elanna: (seeing the helmsman, Kortar) He slaughtered my friends!
Klingon: No. He slaughtered the dream. He dragged you from the illusion of life. This is where you belong.
Star Trek: Voyager, "Barge of the Dead"

"The ill and dying are said to have the most beautiful dreams."
—Chopin's doctor, Eternal Sonata. If the game is to be trusted, this is the first medical acknowledgment of fever dreams.

"I had always heard your entire life flashes in front of your eyes the second before you die. First of all, that one second isn't a second at all, it stretches on forever, like an ocean of time... For me, it was lying on my back at Boy Scout camp, watching falling stars... And yellow leaves, from the maple trees, that lined our street... Or my grandmother's hands, and the way her skin seemed like paper... And the first time I saw my cousin Tony's brand new Firebird... And Janie... And Janie... And... Carolyn. I guess I could be pretty pissed off about what happened to me... but it's hard to stay mad, when there's so much beauty in the world. Sometimes I feel like I'm seeing it all at once, and it's too much, my heart fills up like a balloon that's about to burst... And then I remember to relax, and stop trying to hold on to it, and then it flows through me like rain and I can't feel anything but gratitude for every single moment of my stupid little life... You have no idea what I'm talking about, I'm sure. But don't worry... you will someday."
Lester Burnham, American Beauty

"It's called 'hemorrhagic shock' — my body just shutting down from massive, massive blood loss. Sorry for the fakeout!"
Miles, Guns Akimbo

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