To The Death Quotes
Maybe someone who dies at the age of a hundred doesn't feel anything more than the fear that grips us when we're six and it's nighttime and our mother comes in to turn out the light.
The casket was lined with lovely velvet, which must have felt lovely even to the dead, but the glowing man continued to rip up the casket.
It is better to die honorably and render yourself immortal than live to old age and fade to dust.
Perhaps, in a few people, I have seen what can be described as a struggle with death, and it can be distressing to behold. But for the vast majority of people death is gentle, tender.
Life and death is a matter of destiny, just like day and night is the law of the universe. Chuang Tzu
The dying need only a hand to hold and a quiet in which to make their departure.
There is not a single dying human being who does not yearn for love, touch, understanding, and whose heart does not break from the withdrawal of those who should be drawing near.
My thoughts are with you all. Forever conscious of the vast, absurd universe and writing my eternal story I shall remain dead, but dreaming.
In a strange way, I envied the quality of Morrie's time even as I lamented its diminishing supply. Why did we bother with all the distractions we did?
I believe that the world is dying, not just me. And fantasy will save no one. The deathly unreality of Utopia, the merchandizing of Utopia is wicked, deadly reality.
Welcome to Irkalla, the Land of the Dead, ” the woman said. “I am Ereshkigal, Queen of the Underworld.
it is sad to fill a grave with a person full of potential yet completely emptied of anymore possibility to try it once again.
I've adopted the guideline of Warren Buffett's partner, Charlie Munger, who says "I wanna know where I'll be when I die - so I never go there.
Everyone dies. That is a universal constant. The only variable is how one dies.
I have no interest in dying.But I have to. I have to care one day about things that don't matter to me.
Like I said, Kenzie. Everything ends. I’m not afraid to die, ” you say with a wan smile. “I just hope I’m smart enough to stay dead.
Is this what it's like? he wondered. When you're about to die? One hand stretched back to someone who cares for you, the other reaching for a place you can't see.
There are moments in our lives that define the people we will become in the future, like a symptom before an ailment, or the catalyst before the cure.
He had defended himself against death from without, and then it had carried him off from within.
The price of coming from a small town is that everyone knows your story. Your book has been read, shelved, dusted, and re-read by everybody.
Popularity is like a girl in class that you can't ignore. She give you eyes when no one looks then turns to her friends and laughs some more.
I know it is coming, and I do not fear it, because I believe there is nothing on the other side of death to fear
I guess what's most important is that we chose to live with our hearts open and to let our experiences show us the way towards our brightest days.
Couples swayed and embraced to the beat as the singer's vocals soared above a group of confused teenagers and twenty-something's.
Christopher was wearing a suit and adorned make-up. As long as I had known him, he never wore a suit or make-up. The look of him defenseless to his appearance saddened me.
Dream-start with dream. Start tonight-become who you want-dream big!" He became animated at this point, "No money needed for dreams. Dreams are free.
In times such as these, life often begs us to seek answers when in reality there are only questions available.
It’s funny how books can change you. You open up a book and one minute you are who you’ve always been, then you read some random passage and you become someone else.
We all die alone. We shall endure death as once we endured birth. You can’t share either experience.
The world of the terminally ill is the world of neither the living nor the dead.
I feel like a little tug in a great storm. But I'm fastened to a great ship on ahead. It's going into port and can't lose its way.
Each man is master of his own death and all that we can do when the time comes is to help him die without fear of pain.
I am not afraid of death. When I have to confront the great reaper, I would like to recall Bernanos' words- 'And now, just the two of us!'.
Sullivan had her Crucifix Soldier and now I have mine. No. I am the soldier. Teacup is the cross.
O, treacherous Death! You can't be forgiven for vanquishing my creator to the dust.
O, treacherous Death! You can't be forgiven for vanquishing my creator to the dust...
I had a very funny and depressing talk with my seventy-four-year-old mother. I decided, she doesn't have a bucket list - she has a kick-the-bucket list.
Amid all that blood of the dying sun, the verde was still alive.
Don't worry, " he would say, smiling. "Dying is much more difficult than one imagines.
(I didn’t tell him that thediagnosis came three months after I got my first period. Like: Congratulations! You’re a woman. Now die.)
He thrashed like a freshly caught fish as the sucking sounds of draining water gurgled from the pooling blood in his mouth.
