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Death Quotes

"The man now retrieved a linen cloth and stuffed it deep into Katherine's mouth. "Death, hewhispered to her, "should be a quiet thing."

"The man now retrieved a linen cloth and stuffed it deep into Katherine's mouth. "Death, hewhispered to her, "should be a quiet thing."

Dan Brown, American Author

Death, Violence, Fear, Power, Control

16

"Every parting gives a foretaste of death, every reunion a hint of the resurrection."

"Every parting gives a foretaste of death, every reunion a hint of the resurrection."

Arthur Schopenhauer, German Philosopher

16

"An unused life is an early death."

"An unused life is an early death."

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, German Poet

16

"I'm completely in favor of the separation of Church and State. My idea is that these two institutions screw us up enough on their own, so both of them together is certain death."

"I'm completely in favor of the separation of Church and State. My idea is that these two institutions screw us up enough on their own, so both of them together is certain death."

George Carlin, American Comedian

Death, Idea, Church, Separation

16

"The meaning of life is not to be discovered only after death in some hidden, mysterious realm; on the contrary, it can be found by eating the succulent fruit of the Tree of Life and by living in the here and now as fully and creatively as we can."

"The meaning of life is not to be discovered only after death in some hidden, mysterious realm; on the contrary, it can be found by eating the succulent fruit of the Tree of Life and by living in the here and now as fully and creatively as we can."

Paul Kurtz, American Philosopher

Death, Life, Eating, Living

16

"Death is the last enemy: once we've got past that I think everything will be alright."

"Death is the last enemy: once we've got past that I think everything will be alright."

Alice Thomas Ellis, British Writer

Death, Past, Will

16

"The physical contact with people who struck and trampled and killed one another seemed far worse to him than a solitary death in the purity of the waters."

"The physical contact with people who struck and trampled and killed one another seemed far worse to him than a solitary death in the purity of the waters."

Milan Kundera, Czechoslovakian Writer

Death, Violence, Fear, People

16

"Let us eat and drink neither forgetting death unduly nor remembering it. The Lord hath mercy on whom he will have mercy, etc., and the less we think about it the better."

"Let us eat and drink neither forgetting death unduly nor remembering it. The Lord hath mercy on whom he will have mercy, etc., and the less we think about it the better."

Samuel Butler, British Poet

Death, Mercy, Will

16

"A pun does not commonly justify a blow in return. But if a blow were given for such cause, and death ensued, the jury would be judges both of the facts and of the pun, and might, if the latter were of an aggravated character, return a verdict of justifiable homicide."

"A pun does not commonly justify a blow in return. But if a blow were given for such cause, and death ensued, the jury would be judges both of the facts and of the pun, and might, if the latter were of an aggravated character, return a verdict of justifiable homicide."

Oliver Wendell Holmes, American Writer

Death, Character, Cause, Facts

16

"Oh, I'm not afraid of death! What have I got to live for after all? I suppose you believe it's very wrong to kill a person who has injured you-even if they've taken away everything you had in the world?"

"Oh, I'm not afraid of death! What have I got to live for after all? I suppose you believe it's very wrong to kill a person who has injured you-even if they've taken away everything you had in the world?"

Agatha Christie, English Writer

Death, Fearlessness, Revenge, Morality

16

"Susan stared at him.The blue glow in Death's eyes gradually faded, and as the light died it sucked at her gaze so that it was dragged into the eye sockets and into the darkness beyond, which went on and on, for ever. There was no word for it. Even eternity was a human idea. Giving it a name gave it a length; admittedly, a very long one. But this darkness was what was left when eternity had given up. It was where Death lived. Alone."

"Susan stared at him.The blue glow in Death's eyes gradually faded, and as the light died it sucked at her gaze so that it was dragged into the eye sockets and into the darkness beyond, which went on and on, for ever. There was no word for it. Even eternity was a human idea. Giving it a name gave it a length; admittedly, a very long one. But this darkness was what was left when eternity had given up. It was where Death lived. Alone."

Terry Pratchett, English Author

Death, Truth, Power, Wisdom, Life

16

"Movies like that aren't about the visual effects and explosions. They're human stories about family, about life, about death."

"Movies like that aren't about the visual effects and explosions. They're human stories about family, about life, about death."

Orlando Bloom, English Actor

Death, Movies, Family, Life

15

"O Death, rock me asleep, bring me to quiet rest, let pass my weary guiltless ghost out of my careful breast."

"O Death, rock me asleep, bring me to quiet rest, let pass my weary guiltless ghost out of my careful breast."

Anne Boleyn, English Royalty

Death, Quiet, Rest

15

"And on the threshold of being no more I succeed in being another."

"And on the threshold of being no more I succeed in being another."

Samuel Beckett, Irish Playwright

Death, Transformation, Identity, Existence, Change

15

"It's really difficult to talk about dead people, but it's even harder to talk about dead young women. It's because from the time they die, they'll be young forever. On the other hand, for us, the survivors, every year, every month, every day, we get older.Sometimes, I feel like I can feel myself aging from one hour to the next. It's a terrible thing, but that's reality."

"It's really difficult to talk about dead people, but it's even harder to talk about dead young women. It's because from the time they die, they'll be young forever. On the other hand, for us, the survivors, every year, every month, every day, we get older.Sometimes, I feel like I can feel myself aging from one hour to the next. It's a terrible thing, but that's reality."

Haruki Murakami, Japanese Writer

Death, Memory, Aging, Reality

15

"One forgets the dead quite quickly; one doesn't wonder about the dead-what is he doing now, who is he with?"

"One forgets the dead quite quickly; one doesn't wonder about the dead-what is he doing now, who is he with?"

Graham Greene, British Playwright

Death, Memory, Forgetting, Afterlife

15

"Only death consistently excites your emotions, whether contemplating when life is safe and stale, or fleeing it when life is threatened and precious."

"Only death consistently excites your emotions, whether contemplating when life is safe and stale, or fleeing it when life is threatened and precious."

Yann Martel, Canadian Author

Death, Emotion, Contrast, Life

15

"After your death you will be what you were before your birth."

"After your death you will be what you were before your birth."

Arthur Schopenhauer, German Philosopher

15

"I've got money! Eve exclaimed in a frantic frenzy of hope, her eyes dancing wildly with the notion that there was some way out of this. "I mean, I don't know what use money is to the Grim Reaper, but I've got a ton of cash! It's in a hat box under my bed! I've got a bright red Lexus in the garage, I've got my engagement ring upstairs, it's real gold, there must be something we can trade off with. "You can't bribe me away, I'm afraid, said Mr. Azrael. "Money means nothing where I come from."

"I've got money! Eve exclaimed in a frantic frenzy of hope, her eyes dancing wildly with the notion that there was some way out of this. "I mean, I don't know what use money is to the Grim Reaper, but I've got a ton of cash! It's in a hat box under my bed! I've got a bright red Lexus in the garage, I've got my engagement ring upstairs, it's real gold, there must be something we can trade off with. "You can't bribe me away, I'm afraid, said Mr. Azrael. "Money means nothing where I come from."

Rebecca McNutt, Canadian Author

Death, Mortality, Wealth, Acceptance, Limit

15

"We cannot conceive death as anything else than the afterlife because we cannot comprehend death unless we live."

"We cannot conceive death as anything else than the afterlife because we cannot comprehend death unless we live."

Sorin Cerin, Romanian Philosopher

Death, Afterlife, Life, Philosophy

15

"For life and death are one, even as the river and the sea are one."

"For life and death are one, even as the river and the sea are one."

Kahlil Gibran, Lebanese Philosopher

Death, Life, Sea, Poet

15

"After Chopin's death, Polish patriots cut up his body to take out his heart. They nationalized this poor muscle and buried it in Poland.A dead person is treated either as trash or as a symbol. Either way, it's the same disrespect to his vanished individuality."

"After Chopin's death, Polish patriots cut up his body to take out his heart. They nationalized this poor muscle and buried it in Poland.A dead person is treated either as trash or as a symbol. Either way, it's the same disrespect to his vanished individuality."

Milan Kundera, Czechoslovakian Writer

Death, Respect, Identity, Loss

15

"They walked through the rainy dark like gaunt ghosts, and Garraty didn't like to look at them. They were the walking dead."

"They walked through the rainy dark like gaunt ghosts, and Garraty didn't like to look at them. They were the walking dead."

Stephen King, American Author

Death, Truth, Regret, Today, Happiness

15

"Defoe says that there were a hundred thousand country fellows in his time ready to fight to the death against popery, without knowing whether popery was a man or a horse."

"Defoe says that there were a hundred thousand country fellows in his time ready to fight to the death against popery, without knowing whether popery was a man or a horse."

William Hazlitt, English Critic

Death, Time, Country, Fight

15

"At Camp One we were met by Director of Public Works Warwick Greene, grim and grimy. He has been working himself to death to make this transportation plan a success."

"At Camp One we were met by Director of Public Works Warwick Greene, grim and grimy. He has been working himself to death to make this transportation plan a success."

William Cameron Forbes, American Diplomat

Death, Success, Public

15

"Of all escape mechanisms, death is the most efficient."

"Of all escape mechanisms, death is the most efficient."

Henry Ward Beecher, American Clergyman

15

"The dead are merely the countrymen of my future."

"The dead are merely the countrymen of my future."

Dean Koontz, American Author

Death, Future, Existence, Time

15

"A lie can run round the world before the truth has got its boots on."

"A lie can run round the world before the truth has got its boots on."

Terry Pratchett, English Author

Death, Inspirational, Power, Happiness, Today

15

"Death has a tendency to encourage a depressing view of war."

"Death has a tendency to encourage a depressing view of war."

Donald Rumsfeld, American Politician

14

"Death is not a pretty flower that had almost pricked me. It was not a small annoyance I could simply bypass and quickly disregard. It was really The End."

"Death is not a pretty flower that had almost pricked me. It was not a small annoyance I could simply bypass and quickly disregard. It was really The End."

Aspen Matis, American Author

Death, Mortality, Fear, Reality

14

"It is neccessary to have wished for death in order to know how good it is to live."

"It is neccessary to have wished for death in order to know how good it is to live."

Alexander Dumas, French Novelist

14

"I was court-martial in my absence, and sentenced to death in my absence, so I said they could shoot me in my absence."

"I was court-martial in my absence, and sentenced to death in my absence, so I said they could shoot me in my absence."

Thomas Hardy, English Novelist

Death, Absence, Court

14

"The fear of death often proves mortal, and sets people on methods to save their Lives, which infallibly destroy them."

"The fear of death often proves mortal, and sets people on methods to save their Lives, which infallibly destroy them."

Joseph Addison, English Writer

Death, People, Fear

14

"It is impossible that anything so natural, so necessary, and so universal as death, should ever have been designed by providence as an evil to mankind."

"It is impossible that anything so natural, so necessary, and so universal as death, should ever have been designed by providence as an evil to mankind."

Jonathan Swift, Irish Writer

Death, Evil, Mankind, Providence

14

"From the mind which thinks to die, let my soul sleep tonight."

"From the mind which thinks to die, let my soul sleep tonight."

Santosh Kalwar, Nepalese Poet

Death, Sleep, Peace, Soul

14

"In every parting there is an image of death."

"In every parting there is an image of death."

George Eliot, British Author

14

"The feeling of death is not as peaceful as they make it sound in movies and books. It was frightening and empty...I never want to feel it again."

"The feeling of death is not as peaceful as they make it sound in movies and books. It was frightening and empty...I never want to feel it again."

Shannon A. Thompson, American Author

Death, Fear, Existence, Emotion

14

"Shake off this downy sleep, death's counterfeit,And look on death itself!"

"Shake off this downy sleep, death's counterfeit,And look on death itself!"

William Shakespeare, English Dramatist

Death, Future, Truth, Wisdom, Power

14

"We want our idols to be dead because it makes death a much less scary place."

"We want our idols to be dead because it makes death a much less scary place."

Doug Coupland, Canadian Author

Death, Idols, Want

14

"Like the coffin was settling down for a long, long nap, for a forever nap."

"Like the coffin was settling down for a long, long nap, for a forever nap."

Sherman Alexie, American Writer

Death, Rest, Stillness, Eternity

14

"Absolute silence leads to sadness. It is the image of death."

"Absolute silence leads to sadness. It is the image of death."

Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Swiss Philosopher

Death, Sadness, Silence

14

"I do not believe that any man fears to be dead, but only the stroke of death."

"I do not believe that any man fears to be dead, but only the stroke of death."

Francis Bacon, English Philosopher

14

"Death must be so beautiful. To lie in the soft brown earth, with the grasses waving above one's head, and listen to silence. To have no yesterday, and no tomorrow. To forget time, to forgive life, to be at peace."

"Death must be so beautiful. To lie in the soft brown earth, with the grasses waving above one's head, and listen to silence. To have no yesterday, and no tomorrow. To forget time, to forgive life, to be at peace."

Sylvia Plath, American Poet

Death, Peace, Beauty, Nature

14

"When graves are covered with stones, the dead can no longer get out. But the dead can't go out anyway! What difference does it make whether they're covered with soil or stones?"

"When graves are covered with stones, the dead can no longer get out. But the dead can't go out anyway! What difference does it make whether they're covered with soil or stones?"

Milan Kundera, Czechoslovakian Writer

Death, Tradition, Myth, Mortality

14

"He who flies can also return; but it is not so with him who dies."

"He who flies can also return; but it is not so with him who dies."

Paul Scarron, French Poet

14

"Things change after you die, though, I guess because dying is the loneliest thing you can do."

"Things change after you die, though, I guess because dying is the loneliest thing you can do."

Lauren Oliver, American Author

Death, Change, Loneliness, Afterlife

14

"Achieving life is not the equivalent of avoiding death."

"Achieving life is not the equivalent of avoiding death."

Ayn Rand, Russian Writer

14

"Men fear death as children fear to go in the dark; and as that natural fear in children is increased by tales, so is the other."

"Men fear death as children fear to go in the dark; and as that natural fear in children is increased by tales, so is the other."

Francis Bacon, English Philosopher

Death, Men, Fear, Children

14

"God grants an easy death only to the just."

"God grants an easy death only to the just."

Svetlana Alliluyeva, American Celebrity

14

"When death comes it is never our tenderness that we repent from, but our severity."

"When death comes it is never our tenderness that we repent from, but our severity."

George Eliot, British Author

Death, Tenderness

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