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Death Quotes

"The only reason people die, is because EVERYONE does it. You all just go along with it.It's RUBBISH, death. It's STUPID. I don't want nothing to do with it."

"The only reason people die, is because EVERYONE does it. You all just go along with it.It's RUBBISH, death. It's STUPID. I don't want nothing to do with it."

Neil Gaiman, British Author

Death, Rebellion, Life, Denial

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"To lose a son under those circumstances - a violent death like my son went through, it just puts a burden on your heart."

"To lose a son under those circumstances - a violent death like my son went through, it just puts a burden on your heart."

Brian Jones, British Musician

Death, Son, Heart, Burden

14

"It was octarine, the colour of magic. It was alive and glowing and vibrant and it was the undisputed pigment of the imagination, because wherever it appeared it was a sign that mere matter was a servant of the powers of the magical mind. It was enchantment itself.But Rincewind always thought it looked a sort of greenish-purple."

"It was octarine, the colour of magic. It was alive and glowing and vibrant and it was the undisputed pigment of the imagination, because wherever it appeared it was a sign that mere matter was a servant of the powers of the magical mind. It was enchantment itself.But Rincewind always thought it looked a sort of greenish-purple."

Terry Pratchett, English Author

Death, Today, Power, Regret, Wisdom

14

"Death, with its ancestral weight of terrors, is merely the abandonment of an unserviceable shell at the time the spiritis reintegrated into the unified energy of the cosmos. The end of life, like birth, is a stagein a voyage, and deserves the compassion we accord to its beginnings. There is absolutely no virtue in prolonging the heartbeat and tremors of a body beyond its natural span..."

"Death, with its ancestral weight of terrors, is merely the abandonment of an unserviceable shell at the time the spiritis reintegrated into the unified energy of the cosmos. The end of life, like birth, is a stagein a voyage, and deserves the compassion we accord to its beginnings. There is absolutely no virtue in prolonging the heartbeat and tremors of a body beyond its natural span..."

Isabel Allende, Chilean Writer

Death, Spirit, Life, Compassion

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"For centuries the death penalty, often accompanied by barbarous refinements, has been trying to hold crime in check; yet crime persists. Why? Because the instincts that are warring in man are not, as the law claims, constant forces in a state of equilibrium."

"For centuries the death penalty, often accompanied by barbarous refinements, has been trying to hold crime in check; yet crime persists. Why? Because the instincts that are warring in man are not, as the law claims, constant forces in a state of equilibrium."

Albert Camus, French Philosopher

Death, Crime, Law, Man

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"All is forgotten in the stone halls of the dead. These are the rooms of ruin where the spiders spin and the great circuits fall quiet, one by one..."

"All is forgotten in the stone halls of the dead. These are the rooms of ruin where the spiders spin and the great circuits fall quiet, one by one..."

Stephen King, American Author

Death, Regret, Power, Future

14

"Differences disappear when faced with death."

"Differences disappear when faced with death."

Shannon A. Thompson, American Author

Death, Equality, Life, Loss

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"Dead men are not friends to living men, and give them no gifts."

"Dead men are not friends to living men, and give them no gifts."

J. R. R. Tolkien, English Novelist

Death, Friends, Life, Loss, Memory

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"He watched him stoke the flames, God's own firedrake. The sparks rushed upward and died in the starless dark. Not all dying words are true and this blessing is no less real for being shorn of its ground."

"He watched him stoke the flames, God's own firedrake. The sparks rushed upward and died in the starless dark. Not all dying words are true and this blessing is no less real for being shorn of its ground."

Cormac McCarthy, American Writer

Death, Faith, Blessing, Truth

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"He who does not fear death cares naught for threats."

"He who does not fear death cares naught for threats."

Pierre Corneille, French Dramatist

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"...every human being is doomed to die, which is the greatest of all failures."

"...every human being is doomed to die, which is the greatest of all failures."

George Orwell, British Author

Death, Failure, Humanity, Fate

13

"It is not death, it is dying that alarms me."

"It is not death, it is dying that alarms me."

Michel de Montaigne, French Philosopher

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"You will fall with me as a stone in the grave."

"You will fall with me as a stone in the grave."

Pablo Neruda, Chilean Writer

Death, Fate, Devotion, Gravity, Commitment

13

"Death is someone you see very clearly with eyes in the center of your heart: eyes that see not by reacting to light, but by reacting to a kind of a chill from within the marrow of your own life."

"Death is someone you see very clearly with eyes in the center of your heart: eyes that see not by reacting to light, but by reacting to a kind of a chill from within the marrow of your own life."

Thomas Merton, American Author

Death, Life, Eyes, Light

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"I knew I wasn't a baseball writer. I was scared to death. I really was afraid to talk to players, and I didn't want to go into the press box because I thought I was faking it."

"I knew I wasn't a baseball writer. I was scared to death. I really was afraid to talk to players, and I didn't want to go into the press box because I thought I was faking it."

Roger Angell, American Writer

Death, Thought, Baseball, Press

13

"Everyone dies. The don't all have the chance to see what they wanted most. At least I've seen the Above. At least I've known True."

"Everyone dies. The don't all have the chance to see what they wanted most. At least I've seen the Above. At least I've known True."

Ally Condie, American Author

Death, Life, Experience, Truth

13

"There is nothing which at once affects a man so much and so little as his own death."

"There is nothing which at once affects a man so much and so little as his own death."

Samuel Butler, British Poet

Death, Man, Nothing

13

"Dying is a dull, dreary affair. my advice is that you have nothing whatever to with it."

"Dying is a dull, dreary affair. my advice is that you have nothing whatever to with it."

W. Somerset Maugham, British Playwright

Death, Life, Advice, Truth

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"Failure too is a form of death."

"Failure too is a form of death."

Graham Greene, British Playwright

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"Death most resembles a prophet who is without honor in his own land or a poet who is a stranger among his people."

"Death most resembles a prophet who is without honor in his own land or a poet who is a stranger among his people."

Kahlil Gibran, Lebanese Philosopher

Death, People, Honor, Land

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"Death, only death, can break the lasting chain;And here, ev'n then, shall my cold dust remain."

"Death, only death, can break the lasting chain;And here, ev'n then, shall my cold dust remain."

Alexander Pope, English Poet

Death, Love, Eternity, Memory

13

"Fireheart tensed, waiting for whatever had hunted down these apprentices to emerge from the trees and attack, but nothing stirred. Feeling as if his legs hardly belonged to him, he sprang down and stumbled across to Swiftpaw.The apprentice lay on his side, his legs splayed out. His black - and - white fur was torn, and his body was covered with dreadful wounds, ripped by teeth far bigger than any cat's. His jaws still snarled and his eyes glared. He was dead, and Fireheart could see that he had died fighting."

"Fireheart tensed, waiting for whatever had hunted down these apprentices to emerge from the trees and attack, but nothing stirred. Feeling as if his legs hardly belonged to him, he sprang down and stumbled across to Swiftpaw.The apprentice lay on his side, his legs splayed out. His black - and - white fur was torn, and his body was covered with dreadful wounds, ripped by teeth far bigger than any cat's. His jaws still snarled and his eyes glared. He was dead, and Fireheart could see that he had died fighting."

Erin Hunter, British Author

Death, War, Grief, Sacrifice

13

"The boundaries which divide Life from Death are at best shadowy and vague. Who shall say where the one ends, and where the other begins?"

"The boundaries which divide Life from Death are at best shadowy and vague. Who shall say where the one ends, and where the other begins?"

Edgar Allan Poe, American Poet

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"And you know, there's less charm in life when you think about death--but it's more peaceful."

"And you know, there's less charm in life when you think about death--but it's more peaceful."

Leo Tolstoy, Russian Novelist

Death, Peace, Life, Reflection

13

"Tyler lies back and asks, "If Marilyn Monroe were alive right now, what would she be doing?"I say, goodnight.The headliner hangs down in shreds from the ceiling and Tyler says, "Clawing at the lid of her coffin."

"Tyler lies back and asks, "If Marilyn Monroe were alive right now, what would she be doing?"I say, goodnight.The headliner hangs down in shreds from the ceiling and Tyler says, "Clawing at the lid of her coffin."

Chuck Palahniuk, American Novelist

Death, Memory, Sorrow, Celebrity

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"Dying is not dead."

"Dying is not dead."

George R. R. Martin, American Author

Death, Life, Existence, Afterlife

13

"The history of the world is the record of the weakness, frailty and death of public opinion."

"The history of the world is the record of the weakness, frailty and death of public opinion."

Samuel Butler, British Poet

Death, History, Opinion, Public

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"Death doesn't affect the living because it has not happened yet. Death doesn't concern the dead because they have ceased to exist."

"Death doesn't affect the living because it has not happened yet. Death doesn't concern the dead because they have ceased to exist."

W. Somerset Maugham, British Playwright

Death, Concern, Living

13

"For some folks death is release, and for others death is an abomination, a terrible thing. But in the end, I'm there for all of them."

"For some folks death is release, and for others death is an abomination, a terrible thing. But in the end, I'm there for all of them."

Neil Gaiman, British Author

Death, Release, Fate, End

13

"He had never been a social man. He had shunned causes with contempt and disgust. They were for pig-simple suckers and people with too much time and money on their hands."

"He had never been a social man. He had shunned causes with contempt and disgust. They were for pig-simple suckers and people with too much time and money on their hands."

Stephen King, American Author

Death, Truth, Power, Happiness, Regret

13

"Death has its revelations: the great sorrows which open the heart open the mind as well; light comes to us with our grief. As for me, I have faith; I believe in a future life. How could I do otherwise? My daughter was a soul; I saw this soul. I touched it, so to speak."

"Death has its revelations: the great sorrows which open the heart open the mind as well; light comes to us with our grief. As for me, I have faith; I believe in a future life. How could I do otherwise? My daughter was a soul; I saw this soul. I touched it, so to speak."

Victor Hugo, French Author

Death, Faith, Spiritual, Hope

13

"He that dies pays all debts."

"He that dies pays all debts."

William Shakespeare, English Dramatist

Death, Truth, Wisdom, Power

13

"He always considered death an unavoidable professional hazard."

"He always considered death an unavoidable professional hazard."

Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Colombian Novelist

Death, Hazard, Acceptance, Profession

12

"I'm not sure. But " unless I'm struggling with the darkness within " I like to sustain the illusion that death is actually much further from me than it really is."

"I'm not sure. But " unless I'm struggling with the darkness within " I like to sustain the illusion that death is actually much further from me than it really is."

Zack Love, American Author

Death, Fear, Life, Awareness

12

"ALL THINGS THAT ARE, ARE OURS. BUT WE MUST CARE. FOR IF WE DO NOT CARE, WE DO NOT EXIST. IF WE DO NOT EXIST, THEN THERE IS NOTHING BUT BLIND OBLIVION. AND EVEN OBLIVION MUST END SOMEDAY. LORD, WILL YOU GRANT ME JUST A LITTLE TIME? FOR THE PROPER BALANCE OF THINGS. TO RETURN WHAT WAS GIVEN. FOR THE SAKE OF PRISONERS AND THE FLIGHT OF BIRDS.Death took a step backwards.It was impossible to read expression in Azrael's features.Death glanced sideways at the servants. LORD, WHAT CAN THE HARVEST HOPE FOR, IF NOT FOR THE CARE OF THE REAPER MAN?"

"ALL THINGS THAT ARE, ARE OURS. BUT WE MUST CARE. FOR IF WE DO NOT CARE, WE DO NOT EXIST. IF WE DO NOT EXIST, THEN THERE IS NOTHING BUT BLIND OBLIVION. AND EVEN OBLIVION MUST END SOMEDAY. LORD, WILL YOU GRANT ME JUST A LITTLE TIME? FOR THE PROPER BALANCE OF THINGS. TO RETURN WHAT WAS GIVEN. FOR THE SAKE OF PRISONERS AND THE FLIGHT OF BIRDS.Death took a step backwards.It was impossible to read expression in Azrael's features.Death glanced sideways at the servants. LORD, WHAT CAN THE HARVEST HOPE FOR, IF NOT FOR THE CARE OF THE REAPER MAN?"

Terry Pratchett, English Author

Death, Power, Wisdom, Truth, Happiness

12

"But death was sweet, death was gentle, death was kind; death healed the bruised spirit and the broken heart, and gave them rest and forgetfulness; death was man's best friend; when man could endure life no longer, death came and set him free."

"But death was sweet, death was gentle, death was kind; death healed the bruised spirit and the broken heart, and gave them rest and forgetfulness; death was man's best friend; when man could endure life no longer, death came and set him free."

Mark Twain, American Author

Death, Rest, Spirit

12

"When death speaks to me, it speaks only of the beauty of life."

"When death speaks to me, it speaks only of the beauty of life."

Marty Rubin, American Author

Death, Life, Beauty, Philosophy

12

"I'm not blessed, or merciful. I'm just me. I've got a job to do, and I do it. Listen: even as we're talking, I'm there for old and young, innocent and guilty, those who die together and those who die alone. I'm in cars and boats and planes; in hospitals and forests and abbatoirs. For some folks death is a release, and for others death is an abomination, a terrible thing. But in the end, I'm there for all of them."

"I'm not blessed, or merciful. I'm just me. I've got a job to do, and I do it. Listen: even as we're talking, I'm there for old and young, innocent and guilty, those who die together and those who die alone. I'm in cars and boats and planes; in hospitals and forests and abbatoirs. For some folks death is a release, and for others death is an abomination, a terrible thing. But in the end, I'm there for all of them."

Neil Gaiman, British Author

Death, Presence, Life, Mortality

12

"He had been reborn into the knowledge of death; and the inescapability of change, of things-never-the-same, of no-way-back, made him afraid. When you lose the past you're naked in front of contemptuous Azraeel, the death-angel. Hold on if you can, he told himself. Cling to yesterdays. Leave your nail-marks in the grey slope as you slide."

"He had been reborn into the knowledge of death; and the inescapability of change, of things-never-the-same, of no-way-back, made him afraid. When you lose the past you're naked in front of contemptuous Azraeel, the death-angel. Hold on if you can, he told himself. Cling to yesterdays. Leave your nail-marks in the grey slope as you slide."

Salman Rushdie, Indian Novelist

Death, Change, Fear, Past

12

"It is peoples' fantasies of what is true that is so extraordinary. That that we were born and that we face eternal extinction after death is an extraordinary fantasy."

"It is peoples' fantasies of what is true that is so extraordinary. That that we were born and that we face eternal extinction after death is an extraordinary fantasy."

Brian Perkins, New Zealander Journalist

Death, Fantasy, Newzealander

12

"I don't fear death because I don't fear anything I don't understand. When I start to think about it, I order a massage and it goes away."

"I don't fear death because I don't fear anything I don't understand. When I start to think about it, I order a massage and it goes away."

Hedy Lamarr, Austrian Actress

Death, Fear, Order

12

"Death does not mark the end of a chapter in a man's life, but the end of a book of man, the beautiful conclusion to his yearnings."

"Death does not mark the end of a chapter in a man's life, but the end of a book of man, the beautiful conclusion to his yearnings."

Kilroy J. Oldster, American Author

Death, Life, End, Conclusion

12

"For children preserve the fame of a man after his death."

"For children preserve the fame of a man after his death."

Aeschylus, Greek Poet

Death, Children, Fame, Man

12

"Chicago has a strange metaphysical elegance of death about it."

"Chicago has a strange metaphysical elegance of death about it."

Claes Oldenburg, Swedish Sculptor

Death, Chicago, Elegance

12

"The Ladies Buddenbrook from Breite Strasse did not weep, however - it was not their custom. Their faces, a little less caustic than usual at least, expressed a gentle satisfaction at death's impartiality."

"The Ladies Buddenbrook from Breite Strasse did not weep, however - it was not their custom. Their faces, a little less caustic than usual at least, expressed a gentle satisfaction at death's impartiality."

Thomas Mann, German Writer

Death, Family, Emotion, Tradition

12

"It is only in the light of the inescapable fact of death that a person can adequately engage and enter upon the mysterious fact of life."

"It is only in the light of the inescapable fact of death that a person can adequately engage and enter upon the mysterious fact of life."

John E. Hines, American Clergyman

Death, Life, Fact, Light

12

"There is no cure for birth and death save to enjoy the interval."

"There is no cure for birth and death save to enjoy the interval."

George Santayana, American Philosopher

12

"I feel monotony and death to be almost the same."

"I feel monotony and death to be almost the same."

Charlotte Bronte, British Novelist

12

"Lots of death, huh? Personally, I'm trying to avoid lots of death, but you guys have fun!"

"Lots of death, huh? Personally, I'm trying to avoid lots of death, but you guys have fun!"

Rick Riordan, American Novelist

Death, Regret, Truth, Power

12

"Some men are so willing to know their future,but unwilling to face the fear of their own death."

"Some men are so willing to know their future,but unwilling to face the fear of their own death."

Toba Beta, Indonesian Author

Death, Truth, Regret, Wisdom, Inspirational

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