Death exists, not as the opposite but as a part of life.
"What a terrible thing it is to wound someone you really care for and to do it so unconsciously."
I want you always to remember me. Will you remember that I existed, and that I stood next to you here like this?
If you only read the books that everyone else is reading, you can only think what everyone else is thinking.
But who can say what's best? That's why you need to grab whatever chance you have of happiness where you find it, and not worry about other people too much.