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"One moment people dicide to die, after all what happen, after all their mistakes they just want to die. They don't see a purpose - this isn't a film this is reality my father died!"

"One moment people dicide to die, after all what happen, after all their mistakes they just want to die. They don't see a purpose - this isn't a film this is reality my father died!"

Deyth Banger, American Blogger

Death, Regret, Truth, Wisdom, Life

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"Right, well, he'd been sick for a while and his nurse said to him, 'You seem to be feeling better this morning,' and Isben looked at her and said, 'On the contrary,' and then he died."

"Right, well, he'd been sick for a while and his nurse said to him, 'You seem to be feeling better this morning,' and Isben looked at her and said, 'On the contrary,' and then he died."

John Green, American Author

Death, Irony, Life, Humor

9

"Nothing in his life became him like leaving it."

"Nothing in his life became him like leaving it."

William Shakespeare, English Dramatist

Death, Truth, Wisdom, Power

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"Yet she must die, else she'll betray more men.Put out the light, and then put out the light:If I quench thee, thou flaming minister,I can again thy former light restore,Should I repent me: but once put out thy light,Thou cunning'st pattern of excelling nature,I know not where is that Promethean heatThat can thy light relume."

"Yet she must die, else she'll betray more men.Put out the light, and then put out the light:If I quench thee, thou flaming minister,I can again thy former light restore,Should I repent me: but once put out thy light,Thou cunning'st pattern of excelling nature,I know not where is that Promethean heatThat can thy light relume."

William Shakespeare, English Dramatist

Death, Light, Truth, Emotion

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"Maybe death is the great equalizer, the one big thing that can finally make strangers shed a tear for one another."

"Maybe death is the great equalizer, the one big thing that can finally make strangers shed a tear for one another."

Mitch Albom, American Writer

Death, Equality, Humanity, Compassion

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"Most people are not really scared of death. They are merely terrified of being taken to a mortuary and/or being buried or cremated and/or being forgotten."

"Most people are not really scared of death. They are merely terrified of being taken to a mortuary and/or being buried or cremated and/or being forgotten."

Mokokoma Mokhonoana, South African Philosopher

Death, Fear, Legacy, Memory

8

"In practice it is death that works soseductively behind the image of its brother, sleep."

"In practice it is death that works soseductively behind the image of its brother, sleep."

Friedrich Nietzsche, German Philosopher

Death, Sleep, Seduction, Image

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"Do not forever with thy vailed lidsSeek for thy noble father in the dust.Thou know'st 'tis common; all that lives must die,Passing though nature to eternity."

"Do not forever with thy vailed lidsSeek for thy noble father in the dust.Thou know'st 'tis common; all that lives must die,Passing though nature to eternity."

William Shakespeare, English Dramatist

Death, Truth, Life, Wisdom

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"When a person dies he only appears to die. He is still very much alive in the past, so it is very silly for people to cry at his funeral. All moment, past, present, future, always have existed, always will exist."

"When a person dies he only appears to die. He is still very much alive in the past, so it is very silly for people to cry at his funeral. All moment, past, present, future, always have existed, always will exist."

Kurt Vonnegut, American Author

Death, Life, Truth, Time

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"Are the dead as lonesome as the living?"

"Are the dead as lonesome as the living?"

Truman Capote, American Novelist

Death, Solitude, Question, Life

8

"Once very near the end I said, 'If you can -- if it is allowed -- come to me when I too am on my death bed.' 'Allowed!' she said. 'Heaven would have a job to hold me; and as for Hell, I'd break it into bits."

"Once very near the end I said, 'If you can -- if it is allowed -- come to me when I too am on my death bed.' 'Allowed!' she said. 'Heaven would have a job to hold me; and as for Hell, I'd break it into bits."

C. S. Lewis, British Author

Death, Love, Promise, Eternity

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"In the end, the wind takes everything, doesn't it? And why not? Why other? If the sweetness of our lives did not depart, there would be no sweetness at all."

"In the end, the wind takes everything, doesn't it? And why not? Why other? If the sweetness of our lives did not depart, there would be no sweetness at all."

Stephen King, American Author

Death, Today, Truth, Power, Future

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"It's not morbid to talk about death. Most people don't worry about death, they worry about a bad death."

"It's not morbid to talk about death. Most people don't worry about death, they worry about a bad death."

Terry Pratchett, English Author

Death, Power, Truth, Happiness, Today

8

"People don't like to talk about death because it makes them sad."

"People don't like to talk about death because it makes them sad."

Colleen Hoover, American Celebrity

Death, Fear, Emotion, Sadness

8

"I wish Merry was here," he heard himself saying, and quick thoughts raced through his mind, even as he watched the enemy come charging to the assault. "Well, well, now at any rate I understand poor Denethor a little better. We might die together, Merry and I, and since die we must, why not? Well, as he is not here, I hope he'll find an easier end. But now I must do my best."

"I wish Merry was here," he heard himself saying, and quick thoughts raced through his mind, even as he watched the enemy come charging to the assault. "Well, well, now at any rate I understand poor Denethor a little better. We might die together, Merry and I, and since die we must, why not? Well, as he is not here, I hope he'll find an easier end. But now I must do my best."

J. R. R. Tolkien, English Novelist

Death, Enemy, Understanding, End

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"Death moved in the night, in search for blood, and when it found Life, it passed on by, like a cloud that moves by the face of the moon. When he found those dead without the red, he took the life before them born first, and the mourning emptied itself till the morning."

"Death moved in the night, in search for blood, and when it found Life, it passed on by, like a cloud that moves by the face of the moon. When he found those dead without the red, he took the life before them born first, and the mourning emptied itself till the morning."

Anthony Liccione, American Author

Death, Life, Mystery, Mortality

8

"Do any men grow up or do they only come of age?"

"Do any men grow up or do they only come of age?"

Stephen King, American Author

Death, Truth, Happiness, Future, Wisdom

8

"Because I could not stop for death he kindly stopped for me, or paused at least to strike a glancing blow with his sky-blue mouth as he passed."

"Because I could not stop for death he kindly stopped for me, or paused at least to strike a glancing blow with his sky-blue mouth as he passed."

Barbara Kingsolver, American Novelist

Death, Life, Faith, Eternity

8

"DEATH COMES SLOWLY LIKE ANTS TO A FALLEN FIG."

"DEATH COMES SLOWLY LIKE ANTS TO A FALLEN FIG."

Charles Bukowski, American Author

Death, Time, Patience, End

8

"Death is a fearful thing."

"Death is a fearful thing."

William Shakespeare, English Dramatist

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"WHO KNOWS WHAT EVIL LURKS IN THE HEART OF MEN?The Death of Rats looked up from the feast of the potato. SQUEAK, he said.Death waved a hand dismissively. WELL, YES, OBVIOUSLY ME, he said. I JUST WONDERED IF THERE WAS ANYONE ELSE."

"WHO KNOWS WHAT EVIL LURKS IN THE HEART OF MEN?The Death of Rats looked up from the feast of the potato. SQUEAK, he said.Death waved a hand dismissively. WELL, YES, OBVIOUSLY ME, he said. I JUST WONDERED IF THERE WAS ANYONE ELSE."

Terry Pratchett, English Author

Death, Inspirational, Today, Wisdom, Happiness

8

"We care about the dead. We try with our lives to honor theirs. That's how we make our lives meaningful, and how we make their lives meaningful, too."

"We care about the dead. We try with our lives to honor theirs. That's how we make our lives meaningful, and how we make their lives meaningful, too."

John Green, American Author

Death, Honor, Meaning, Life

8

"Death is the only pure, beautiful conclusion of a great passion."

"Death is the only pure, beautiful conclusion of a great passion."

David Herbert Lawrence, English Writer

8

"One can survive everything, nowadays, except death, and live down everything except a good reputation."

"One can survive everything, nowadays, except death, and live down everything except a good reputation."

Oscar Wilde, Irish Dramatist

Death, Reputation

8

"The object of fiction isn't grammatical correctness but to make the reader welcome and then tell a story.... Writing is seduction. Good talk is part of seduction."

"The object of fiction isn't grammatical correctness but to make the reader welcome and then tell a story.... Writing is seduction. Good talk is part of seduction."

Stephen King, American Author

Death, Regret, Today, Truth, Inspirational

8

"Easter is the final solution to the finality of death."

"Easter is the final solution to the finality of death."

Craig D. Lounsbrough, American Author

Death, Faith, Truth, Power

8

"Cowards die many times before their deaths; the valiant never taste of death but once."

"Cowards die many times before their deaths; the valiant never taste of death but once."

William Shakespeare, English Dramatist

Death, Cowards, Taste

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"To only see 'death' in death is to somehow assume that death itself is a barrier so abrupt that God Himself is halted by it. To see 'life' in death is to understand that death is a sprawling horizon to a new beginning that God created long before death ever thought to show up."

"To only see 'death' in death is to somehow assume that death itself is a barrier so abrupt that God Himself is halted by it. To see 'life' in death is to understand that death is a sprawling horizon to a new beginning that God created long before death ever thought to show up."

Craig D. Lounsbrough, American Author

Death, Faith, Truth, Wisdom, Inspirational

8

"That's part of what I like about the book in some ways. It portrays death truthfully. You die in the middle of your life, in the middle of a sentence."

"That's part of what I like about the book in some ways. It portrays death truthfully. You die in the middle of your life, in the middle of a sentence."

John Green, American Author

Death, Truth, Life, Reality

8

"Death's life should have listened to the moonly whispers of breathing in the coldest nights."

"Death's life should have listened to the moonly whispers of breathing in the coldest nights."

Munia Khan, Bangladeshi Poet

Death, Life, Night, Mystery

8

"It's harder to pick and choose when you're dead. It's like a photograph, you know. It doesn't matter as much."

"It's harder to pick and choose when you're dead. It's like a photograph, you know. It doesn't matter as much."

Neil Gaiman, British Author

Death, Choice, Life, Afterlife

8

"I cannot live to hear the news from England.But I do prophesy th' election lightsOn Fortinbras; he has my dying voice.So tell him, with th' occurents, more and less,Which have solicited - the rest is silence."

"I cannot live to hear the news from England.But I do prophesy th' election lightsOn Fortinbras; he has my dying voice.So tell him, with th' occurents, more and less,Which have solicited - the rest is silence."

William Shakespeare, English Dramatist

Death, Truth, Wisdom, Life, Power

8

"I do not agree with what you have to say, but I'll defend to the death your right to say it."

"I do not agree with what you have to say, but I'll defend to the death your right to say it."

Voltaire, French Writer

8

"Death lies on her like an untimely frost Upon the sweetest flower of all the field."

"Death lies on her like an untimely frost Upon the sweetest flower of all the field."

William Shakespeare, English Dramatist

Death, Truth, Power, Life

8

"Oh, that this too, too sullied flesh would melt, Thaw, and resolve itself into a dew, Or that the Everlasting had not fixed. His canon 'gainst self-slaughter!"

"Oh, that this too, too sullied flesh would melt, Thaw, and resolve itself into a dew, Or that the Everlasting had not fixed. His canon 'gainst self-slaughter!"

William Shakespeare, English Dramatist

Death, Truth, Life, Wisdom

8

"Hurray', shouted Glokta. 'Porridge again!'He looked over at the motionless Practical. 'Porridge and honey, better than money, everything's funny, with porridge and honey!"

"Hurray', shouted Glokta. 'Porridge again!'He looked over at the motionless Practical. 'Porridge and honey, better than money, everything's funny, with porridge and honey!"

Joe Abercrombie, English Novelist

Death, Humor, Irony, Survival, Absurdity

7

"For every death is a simplification of existence for the others, removes the necessity to show gratitude, the obligation to pay visits."

"For every death is a simplification of existence for the others, removes the necessity to show gratitude, the obligation to pay visits."

Marcel Proust, French Author

Death, Life, Truth, Gratitude

7

"Disease generally begins that equality which death completes."

"Disease generally begins that equality which death completes."

Samuel Johnson, English Author

Death, Equality, Disease

7

"Most people do not mind dying, as long as that does not happen today."

"Most people do not mind dying, as long as that does not happen today."

Mokokoma Mokhonoana, South African Philosopher

Death, Truth, Wisdom, Power

7

"Funerals, I had decided, are for the living."

"Funerals, I had decided, are for the living."

John Green, American Author

Death, Life, Grief, Reflection, Acceptance

7

"Red sky at night, the city's alight."

"Red sky at night, the city's alight."

Terry Pratchett, English Author

Death, Truth, Wisdom, Power, Happiness

7

"The dreadful dead of dark midnight."

"The dreadful dead of dark midnight."

William Shakespeare, English Dramatist

Death, Truth, Power, Life

7

"The consensus seemed to be that if really large numbers of men were sent to storm the mountain, then enough might survive the rocks to take the citadel. This is essentially the basis of all military thinking."

"The consensus seemed to be that if really large numbers of men were sent to storm the mountain, then enough might survive the rocks to take the citadel. This is essentially the basis of all military thinking."

Terry Pratchett, English Author

Death, Power, Wisdom, Future, Happiness

6

"She cannot possibly be dead, people do not just die."

"She cannot possibly be dead, people do not just die."

John Green, American Author

Death, Denial, Life, Existence

6

"Why when people are on their deathbed, they finally come to terms with life?"

"Why when people are on their deathbed, they finally come to terms with life?"

Anthony Liccione, American Author

Death, Life, Acceptance, Peace

6

"No one dies in the language of the Gnani (the Self-realized one) and every one dies in the language of the agnani (non-Self-realized person). The agnani (non-Self-realized person) mourns and grieves, and the Gnani simply 'Sees'."

"No one dies in the language of the Gnani (the Self-realized one) and every one dies in the language of the agnani (non-Self-realized person). The agnani (non-Self-realized person) mourns and grieves, and the Gnani simply 'Sees'."

Dada Bhagwan, Indian Spiritual Leader

Death, Truth, Wisdom, Spiritual, Life

6

"In Gethsemane the holiest of all petitioners prayed three times that a certain cup might pass from Him. It did not."

"In Gethsemane the holiest of all petitioners prayed three times that a certain cup might pass from Him. It did not."

C. S. Lewis, British Author

Death, Life, Cycle, Transformation

6

"Death is the ultimate cessation of the individual Self."

"Death is the ultimate cessation of the individual Self."

Abhijit Naskar, Indian Author

Death, Truth, Wisdom, Power, Inspirational

5

"It's not that I've 'faked my own death' as the saying goes. Maybe it's that I've 'faked my own life,' and in doing so I've yet to realize how dead I really am."

"It's not that I've 'faked my own death' as the saying goes. Maybe it's that I've 'faked my own life,' and in doing so I've yet to realize how dead I really am."

Craig D. Lounsbrough, American Author

Death, Truth, Regret, Life, Wisdom

5

"The "kingdom of Heaven" is a condition of the heart - not something that comes "upon the earth" or "after death.""

"The "kingdom of Heaven" is a condition of the heart - not something that comes "upon the earth" or "after death.""

Friedrich Nietzsche, German Philosopher

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