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Quotations by Subject: Death (86 quotes)

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Death ends a life, not a relationship.: Morrie Schwartz, Tuesdays With Morrie by Mitch Albom
"I meant," said Ipslore bitterly, "what is there in this world that truly makes living worthwhile?" Death thought about it. "Cats," he said eventually. "Cats are nice.": Terry Pratchett, Sourcery
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Sleep, those little slices of death; Oh how I loathe them.: Edgar Allan Poe (1809 - 1849)
The men who had hated [the book], and had not particularly loved Helvétius, flocked round him now. Voltaire forgave him all injuries, intentional or unintentional. 'What a fuss about an omelette!' he had exclaimed when he heard of the burning. How abominably unjust to persecute a man for such an airy trifle as that! 'I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it,' was his attitude now.: S. G. Tallentyre, referring to Voltaire. Often attributed to Voltaire.
For death begins with life's first breath, and life begins at touch of death.: John Oxenham
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.: Sir Francis Bacon (1561 - 1626), "Of Death"
Animals have these advantages over man: they never hear the clock strike, they die without any idea of death, they have no theologians to instruct them, their last moments are not disturbed by unwelcome and unpleasant ceremonies, their funerals cost them nothing, and no one starts lawsuits over their wills.: Voltaire (1694 - 1778)
If you don't get what you want, you suffer; if you get what you don't want, you suffer; even when you get exactly what you want, you still suffer because you can't hold on to it forever. Your mind is your predicament. It wants to be free of change. Free of pain, free of the obligations of life and death. But change is a law, and no amount of pretending will alter that reality.: Dan Millman, The Way of the Peaceful Warrior
But the truth was that he died from solitude, the enemy known but to few on this Earth, and whom only the simplest of us are fit to withstand. The brilliant Costaguanaro of the boulevards had died from solitude and want of faith in himself and others.: Joseph Conrad (1857 - 1924), Nostromo (on the death of Decoud)
Saul and Jonathan were lovely and pleasant in their lives, and in their death they were not divided.: Bible, Samuel i. 23.

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