Death Quotes
Quotes about Death
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- “If you are a Buddhist, inspire yourself by thinking of the bodhisattva. If you are a Christian, think of the Christ, who...” — Jean-yves Leloup, Compassion And Meditation: The Spiritual Dynamic Between Buddhism And Christianity
- “Mithorden said it well,"she said finally. "It's worshipping death. They say they follow light. But, in the end, they're ...” — Robert Fanney
- “Even her name seemed empty, as though it had detached itself from her and was floating untethered in his mind. How am I ...” — Audrey Niffenegger, Her Fearful Symmetry
- “We fear death, we shudder at life's instability, we grieve to see the flowers wilt again and again, and the leaves fall,...” — Hermann Hesse, Narcissus And Goldmund
- “I have outlasted all desire,My dreams and I have grown apart;My grief alone is left entire,The gleamings of an empty hea...” — Alexander Pushkin
- “No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main. If a clod be washed aw...” — John Donne, No Man Is An Island – A Selection From The Prose
- “Because God is never cruel, there is a reason for all things. We must know the pain of loss; because if we never knew it...” — Dean Koontz, The Darkest Evening Of The Year
- “Whenever you see flies or insects in a still life—a wilted petal, a black spot on the apple—the painter is giving you a ...” — Donna Tartt, The Goldfinch
- “I cannot tell you what it is that guides us in this life; but for me, I fell toward the Chairman just as a stone must fa...” — Arthur Golden, Memoirs Of A Geisha
- “Just when normal life felt almost possible - when the world held some kind of order, meaning, even loveliness (the prism...” — David Wroblewski, The Story Of Edgar Sawtelle
- “When she expressed a doubtful hope that Tinker Bell would be glad to see her, he said, ‘Who is Tinker Bell?’ ‘O Peter,’ ...” — J.m. Barrie, Peter Pan
- “Tonight I saw myself in the dark window asthe image of my father, whose lifewas spent like this,thinking of death, to th...” — Louise Glück
- “Let me go: take back thy gift:Why should a man desire in any wayTo vary from the kindly race of men,Or pass beyond the g...” — Alfred Lord Tennyson
- “And when the hourglass has run out, the hourglass of temporality, when the noise of secular life has grown silent and it...” — Søren Kierkegaard
- “Writing, painting, singing- it cannot stop everything. Cannot halt death in its tracks. But perhaps it can make the paus...” — Ally Condie, Reached
- “So, what do you do when you know you have two days to live? Eat an entire Bitter Chocolate Death cake all by myself. Rer...” — Robin Mckinley, Sunshine
- “I think anyone who opened their heart enough to love without restraint and subsequently were devastated by loss knows th...” — Donna Lynn Hope
- “Wait.” Stefan’s voice was hard suddenly. Bonnie and Elena turned back and froze, embracing each other, trembling. “What ...” — L.j. Smith, Midnight
- “My best day ever. Got up. Had breakfast. Came to school. Bored, as usual. Wishing I wasn't there, like usual. Kids ignor...” — Rachel Ward, Numbers
- “Any way I slice reality it comes out poorly, and I feel an urge to not exist, something I have never felt before; and no...” — Suzanne Finnamore, Split: A Memoir Of Divorce
- “As Luke knelt down beside his corpse, Clary couldn’t help but remember what he had said about having loved Valentine onc...” — Cassandra Clare, City Of Glass
- “I thought about all of the things that everyone ever says to each other, and how everyone is going to die, whether it's ...” — Jonathan Safran Foer, Extremely Loud And Incredibly Close
- “I could introduce myself properly, but it's not really necessary. You will know me well enough and soon enough, dependin...” — Markus Zusak, The Book Thief
- “I found myself thinking about President William McKinley, the third American president to be assassinated. He lived for ...” — John Green, Looking For Alaska
- “But when ye come, and all the flowers are dying,If I am dead, as dead I well may be,You'll come and find the place where...” — Frederick Weatherly
- “They say that war is death's best friend, but I must offer you a different point of view on that one. To me, war is like...” — Markus Zusak, The Book Thief
- “Is despair wrong? Isn’t it the natural condition of life after a certain age? … After a number of events, what is there ...” — Julian Barnes, Flaubert's Parrot
- “I thought of you and how you love this beauty,And walking up the long beach all aloneI heard the waves breaking in measu...” — Sara Teasdale
- “Hazel has to realize that her mom was wrong when she said, “I won’t be a mother anymore.” The truth is, after Hazel dies...” — John Green
- “Well, right now I'm not dead. But when I am, it's like...I don't know, I guess it's like being inside a book that nobody...” — Tim O'brien, The Things They Carried
- “She had always found villains more exciting than heroes. They had ambition, passion. They made the stories happen. Villa...” — Soman Chainani, The School For Good And Evil
- “It's true, I am afraid of dying. I am afraid of the world moving forward without me, of my absence going unnoticed, or w...” — Jonathan Safran Foer, Everything Is Illuminated
- “Shapeshifting requires the ability to transcend your attachments, in particular your ego attachments to identity and who...” — Zeena Schreck
- “The real power in America is held by a fast-emerging new Oligarchy of pimps and preachers who see no need for Democracy ...” — Hunter S. Thompson, Kingdom Of Fear: Loathsome Secrets Of A Star-crossed Child In The Final Days Of The American Century
- “He felt his heart pounding fiercely in his chest. How strange that in his dread of death, it pumped all the harder, vali...” — J.k. Rowling, Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows
- “Contrary to what you may assume, I am not a pessimist but an indifferentist- that is, I don't make the mistake of thinki...” — H.p. Lovecraft
- “After us they'll fly in hot air balloons, coat styles will change, perhaps they'll discover a sixth sense and cultivate ...” — Anton Chekhov, Three Sisters: A Translation Of The Play By Anton Chekhov
- “Like the pain of a bad wound, the effect of a deep shock takes some while to be felt. When a child is told, for the firs...” — Richard Adams, Watership Down
- “When I heard your organization was recording testimonies, I knew I had to come. She died in my arms, saying 'I don't wan...” — Jonathan Safran Foer, Extremely Loud And Incredibly Close
- “Rosencrantz: We might as well be dead. Do you think death could possibly be a boat?Guildenstern: No, no, no... Death is....” — Tom Stoppard, Rosencrantz And Guildenstern Are Dead
- “Sleep would be so welcome. A warm blanket of black to erase everything else. Sleep without dreams. I've heard people tal...” — Gayle Forman, If I Stay
- “Death is the only wise advisor that we have. Whenever you feel, as you always do, that everything is going wrong and you...” — Carlos Castaneda, Journey To Ixtlan
- “Death is not an evil, because it frees us from all evils, and while it takes away good things, it takes away also the de...” — Giacomo Leopardi
- “It's okay if you want to go. Everyone wants you to stay. I want you to stay more than I've ever wanted anything in my li...” — Gayle Forman
- “And there stood Basta with his foot already on another dead body, smiling. Why not? He had hit his target, and it was th...” — Cornelia Funke, Inkspell
- “I know that I shall die struggling for breath, and I know that I shall be horribly afraid. I know that I shall not be ab...” — W. Somerset Maugham, Of Human Bondage
- “Tell me what it is like to die,"I answered. He dismounted from his horse, looking at me strangely the whole while. "You ...” — Martine Leavitt, Keturah And Lord Death
- “When you have dogs, you witness their uncomplaining acceptance of suffering, their bright desire to make the most of lif...” — Dean Koontz, A Big Little Life: A Memoir Of A Joyful Dog
- “When you're dead, they really fix you up. I hope to hell when I do die somebody has sense enough to just dump me in the ...” — J.d. Salinger, The Catcher In The Rye
- “His soul sat up. It met me. Those kinds of souls always do - the best ones. The ones who rise up and say "I know who you...” — Markus Zusak, The Book Thief