Death drive is the opposite of dying, a name for the ‘undead’eternal life itself, for the horrible fate of being caught in the endless repetitive cycle of wandering around in guilt and pain. ... Human life is never just life: humans are not simply alive, they are possessed by the strange drive to enjoy life in excess, passionately attached to a surplus which derails the ordinary run of things .

—	Slavoj Zizek, Adieu Derrida