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Death is one of the few experiences that unites every human life, yet it remains deeply personal and profoundly mysterious. Across cultures, generations, and beliefs, writers, philosophers, and artists have tried to capture its meaning in words. The following quotes explore death from many angles—grief and acceptance, fear and peace, endings and new beginnings.   ◀ Back
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We've learned from this that death can hurt us. It can surprise us. It can scare us. It can keep us up a night. But we've also learned the things that death cannot do. It cannot crush our hopes. It cannot take away the love and support of our family and friends. It cannot make us lose our unending faith in world and in God. It has saddened us, but it will not prevail.
- John Corey Whaley
Where Things Come Back
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But remember that good intentions pave many roads. Not all of them lead to hell.
- Neal Shusterman
Scythe
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I still loved Granny. It flowed out of my chest. With Granny gone, where would my love go?
- Jessica Maria Tuccelli
Glow
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My idea of God is not a divine idea. It has to be shattered time after time. He shatters it Himself.
- C.S. Lewis
A Grief Observed
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My reasons to live
Were my reasons to die
But at least they were mine
Now I've freedom unbound
Cut the laces of life
- Emilie Autumn
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Every cold case is someone’s failure. And while every failure has many illegitimate parents, usually, one person gets stuck with the kid. Scholz was this ugly baby’s mother. And mommas can be very temperamental about their babies, especially the ugly ones.
- J.K. Franko
Killing Johnny Miracle
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I have triumphed over both life and death because I no longer desire to live, nor do I any longer fear to die.
- Nawal El Saadawi
Woman at Point Zero
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The worms do not take heed of caste and rank when they feast on our ashes," the Raja said. "Your subjects will not remember you. They will not remember the shade of your eyes, the colors you favored, or the beauty of your wives. They will only remember your impression upon their hearts and whether you filled them with glee or grief. That is your immortality.
- Roshani Chokshi
The Star-Touched Queen
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Life is about moving, it’s about change. And when things stop doing that they’re dead.
- Twyla Tharp
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as long as there are
human beings about
there is never going to be
any peace
for any individual
upon this earth (or
anywhere else
they might
escape to).

all you can do
is maybe grab
ten lucky minutes
here
or maybe an hour
there.

something
is working toward you
right now, and
I mean you
and nobody but
you.
- Charles Bukowski
You Get So Alone at Times That it Just Makes Sense
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There is some delight in ale and wine
And some in girls with ankles fine
But my delight, yes always mine
Is to dance with Jak O’ the Shadows

We will toss the dice however they fall
And snuggle the girls be they short or tall
Then follow Lord Mat whenever he calls
To dance with Jak O’ the Shadows.
- Robert Jordan
Knife of Dreams
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So long as human beings stay human, death and life are the same thing.
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I am forever walking upon these shores,
Betwixt the sand and the foam,
The high tide will erase my foot prints,
And the wind will blow away the foam,
But the sea and the shore will remain forever.
- Khalil Gibran
Sand and Foam
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I think that, with age, people come to realize that death is inevitable. And we need to learn to face it with serenity, wisdom and resignation. Death often frees us from a lot of senseless sufferings.
- Paulo Coelho
The Devil and Miss Prym
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Good Madonna, why mournest thou?
Good Fool, for my brother's death.
I think his soul is in hell, Madonna.
I know his soul is in heaven, Fool.
The more fool, Madonna, to mourn for your brother's soul being in heaven.
- William Shakespeare
Twelfth Night
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It's okay if you want to go. Everyone wants you to stay. I want you to stay more than I've ever wanted anything in my life. But that's what I want and I could see why it might not be what you want. So I just wanted to tell you that I understand if you go. It's okay if you have to leave us. It's okay if you want to stop fighting.
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Death and life are the same thing-like the two sides of my hand, the palm and the back. And still the palm and the back are not the same...They can be neither separated, nor mixed.
- Ursula K. Le Guin
The Farthest Shore
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Nobody died. how can you kill an idea? How can you kill the personification of an action?"
"Then what died? who are you mourning?"
"A point of view.
- Neil Gaiman
The Sandman, Vol. 10: The Wake
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Live full, die empty
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After my mom died she ate my father up completely. She would have hated it. Every minute of his life since then has been marked by her absence, every action has lacked dimension because she is not there to measure against. And when I was young I didn't understand, but now, I know, how absence can be present, like a damaged nerve, like a dark bird. If I had to live on without you I know I could not do it. But I hope, I have this vision of you walking unencumbered, with your shining hair in the sun. I have not seen this with my eyes, but only with my imagination, that makes pictures, that always wanted to paint you, shining; but I hope that this vision will be true, anyway.
- Audrey Niffenegger
The Time Traveler's Wife
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I melted into the dream as if I had always been there. I knew where I had come from; I knew where I was going.
- Chelsie Shakespeare
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He could not stand. It was not
That he could not thrive, he was born
With everything but the will –
That can be deformed, just like a limb.
Death was more interesting to him.
Life could not get his attention.
- Ted Hughes
Season songs
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If you gave [Jerry] Falwell an enema he could be buried in a matchbox.
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Death isn't the end, it's the beginning.
- Jennifer Love Hewitt
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We've learned from this that death can hurt us. It can surprise us. It can scare us. It can keep us up a night. But we've also learned the things that death cannot do. It cannot crush our hopes. It cannot take away the love and support of our family and friends. It cannot make us lose our unending faith in world and in God. It has saddened us, but it will not prevail.
- John Corey Whaley
Where Things Come Back
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
But remember that good intentions pave many roads. Not all of them lead to hell.
- Neal Shusterman
Scythe
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
I still loved Granny. It flowed out of my chest. With Granny gone, where would my love go?
- Jessica Maria Tuccelli
Glow
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
My idea of God is not a divine idea. It has to be shattered time after time. He shatters it Himself.
- C.S. Lewis
A Grief Observed
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
My reasons to live
Were my reasons to die
But at least they were mine
Now I've freedom unbound
Cut the laces of life
- Emilie Autumn
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Every cold case is someone’s failure. And while every failure has many illegitimate parents, usually, one person gets stuck with the kid. Scholz was this ugly baby’s mother. And mommas can be very temperamental about their babies, especially the ugly ones.
- J.K. Franko
Killing Johnny Miracle
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
I have triumphed over both life and death because I no longer desire to live, nor do I any longer fear to die.
- Nawal El Saadawi
Woman at Point Zero
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
The worms do not take heed of caste and rank when they feast on our ashes," the Raja said. "Your subjects will not remember you. They will not remember the shade of your eyes, the colors you favored, or the beauty of your wives. They will only remember your impression upon their hearts and whether you filled them with glee or grief. That is your immortality.
- Roshani Chokshi
The Star-Touched Queen
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Life is about moving, it’s about change. And when things stop doing that they’re dead.
- Twyla Tharp
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
as long as there are
human beings about
there is never going to be
any peace
for any individual
upon this earth (or
anywhere else
they might
escape to).

all you can do
is maybe grab
ten lucky minutes
here
or maybe an hour
there.

something
is working toward you
right now, and
I mean you
and nobody but
you.
- Charles Bukowski
You Get So Alone at Times That it Just Makes Sense
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
There is some delight in ale and wine
And some in girls with ankles fine
But my delight, yes always mine
Is to dance with Jak O’ the Shadows

We will toss the dice however they fall
And snuggle the girls be they short or tall
Then follow Lord Mat whenever he calls
To dance with Jak O’ the Shadows.
- Robert Jordan
Knife of Dreams
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
So long as human beings stay human, death and life are the same thing.
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
I am forever walking upon these shores,
Betwixt the sand and the foam,
The high tide will erase my foot prints,
And the wind will blow away the foam,
But the sea and the shore will remain forever.
- Khalil Gibran
Sand and Foam
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
I think that, with age, people come to realize that death is inevitable. And we need to learn to face it with serenity, wisdom and resignation. Death often frees us from a lot of senseless sufferings.
- Paulo Coelho
The Devil and Miss Prym
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Good Madonna, why mournest thou?
Good Fool, for my brother's death.
I think his soul is in hell, Madonna.
I know his soul is in heaven, Fool.
The more fool, Madonna, to mourn for your brother's soul being in heaven.
- William Shakespeare
Twelfth Night
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
It's okay if you want to go. Everyone wants you to stay. I want you to stay more than I've ever wanted anything in my life. But that's what I want and I could see why it might not be what you want. So I just wanted to tell you that I understand if you go. It's okay if you have to leave us. It's okay if you want to stop fighting.
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Death and life are the same thing-like the two sides of my hand, the palm and the back. And still the palm and the back are not the same...They can be neither separated, nor mixed.
- Ursula K. Le Guin
The Farthest Shore
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Nobody died. how can you kill an idea? How can you kill the personification of an action?"
"Then what died? who are you mourning?"
"A point of view.
- Neil Gaiman
The Sandman, Vol. 10: The Wake
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Live full, die empty
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
After my mom died she ate my father up completely. She would have hated it. Every minute of his life since then has been marked by her absence, every action has lacked dimension because she is not there to measure against. And when I was young I didn't understand, but now, I know, how absence can be present, like a damaged nerve, like a dark bird. If I had to live on without you I know I could not do it. But I hope, I have this vision of you walking unencumbered, with your shining hair in the sun. I have not seen this with my eyes, but only with my imagination, that makes pictures, that always wanted to paint you, shining; but I hope that this vision will be true, anyway.
- Audrey Niffenegger
The Time Traveler's Wife
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
I melted into the dream as if I had always been there. I knew where I had come from; I knew where I was going.
- Chelsie Shakespeare
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
He could not stand. It was not
That he could not thrive, he was born
With everything but the will –
That can be deformed, just like a limb.
Death was more interesting to him.
Life could not get his attention.
- Ted Hughes
Season songs
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
If you gave [Jerry] Falwell an enema he could be buried in a matchbox.
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Death isn't the end, it's the beginning.
- Jennifer Love Hewitt
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
We've learned from this that death can hurt us. It can surprise us. It can scare us. It can keep us up a night. But we've also learned the things that death cannot do. It cannot crush our hopes. It cannot take away the love and support of our family and friends. It cannot make us lose our unending faith in world and in God. It has saddened us, but it will not prevail.
- John Corey Whaley
Where Things Come Back
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
But remember that good intentions pave many roads. Not all of them lead to hell.
- Neal Shusterman
Scythe
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
I still loved Granny. It flowed out of my chest. With Granny gone, where would my love go?
- Jessica Maria Tuccelli
Glow
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
My idea of God is not a divine idea. It has to be shattered time after time. He shatters it Himself.
- C.S. Lewis
A Grief Observed
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
My reasons to live
Were my reasons to die
But at least they were mine
Now I've freedom unbound
Cut the laces of life
- Emilie Autumn
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Every cold case is someone’s failure. And while every failure has many illegitimate parents, usually, one person gets stuck with the kid. Scholz was this ugly baby’s mother. And mommas can be very temperamental about their babies, especially the ugly ones.
- J.K. Franko
Killing Johnny Miracle
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
I have triumphed over both life and death because I no longer desire to live, nor do I any longer fear to die.
- Nawal El Saadawi
Woman at Point Zero
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
The worms do not take heed of caste and rank when they feast on our ashes," the Raja said. "Your subjects will not remember you. They will not remember the shade of your eyes, the colors you favored, or the beauty of your wives. They will only remember your impression upon their hearts and whether you filled them with glee or grief. That is your immortality.
- Roshani Chokshi
The Star-Touched Queen
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Life is about moving, it’s about change. And when things stop doing that they’re dead.
- Twyla Tharp
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
as long as there are
human beings about
there is never going to be
any peace
for any individual
upon this earth (or
anywhere else
they might
escape to).

all you can do
is maybe grab
ten lucky minutes
here
or maybe an hour
there.

something
is working toward you
right now, and
I mean you
and nobody but
you.
- Charles Bukowski
You Get So Alone at Times That it Just Makes Sense
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
There is some delight in ale and wine
And some in girls with ankles fine
But my delight, yes always mine
Is to dance with Jak O’ the Shadows

We will toss the dice however they fall
And snuggle the girls be they short or tall
Then follow Lord Mat whenever he calls
To dance with Jak O’ the Shadows.
- Robert Jordan
Knife of Dreams
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
So long as human beings stay human, death and life are the same thing.
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
I am forever walking upon these shores,
Betwixt the sand and the foam,
The high tide will erase my foot prints,
And the wind will blow away the foam,
But the sea and the shore will remain forever.
- Khalil Gibran
Sand and Foam
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
I think that, with age, people come to realize that death is inevitable. And we need to learn to face it with serenity, wisdom and resignation. Death often frees us from a lot of senseless sufferings.
- Paulo Coelho
The Devil and Miss Prym
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Good Madonna, why mournest thou?
Good Fool, for my brother's death.
I think his soul is in hell, Madonna.
I know his soul is in heaven, Fool.
The more fool, Madonna, to mourn for your brother's soul being in heaven.
- William Shakespeare
Twelfth Night
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
It's okay if you want to go. Everyone wants you to stay. I want you to stay more than I've ever wanted anything in my life. But that's what I want and I could see why it might not be what you want. So I just wanted to tell you that I understand if you go. It's okay if you have to leave us. It's okay if you want to stop fighting.
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Death and life are the same thing-like the two sides of my hand, the palm and the back. And still the palm and the back are not the same...They can be neither separated, nor mixed.
- Ursula K. Le Guin
The Farthest Shore
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Nobody died. how can you kill an idea? How can you kill the personification of an action?"
"Then what died? who are you mourning?"
"A point of view.
- Neil Gaiman
The Sandman, Vol. 10: The Wake
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Live full, die empty
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
After my mom died she ate my father up completely. She would have hated it. Every minute of his life since then has been marked by her absence, every action has lacked dimension because she is not there to measure against. And when I was young I didn't understand, but now, I know, how absence can be present, like a damaged nerve, like a dark bird. If I had to live on without you I know I could not do it. But I hope, I have this vision of you walking unencumbered, with your shining hair in the sun. I have not seen this with my eyes, but only with my imagination, that makes pictures, that always wanted to paint you, shining; but I hope that this vision will be true, anyway.
- Audrey Niffenegger
The Time Traveler's Wife
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
I melted into the dream as if I had always been there. I knew where I had come from; I knew where I was going.
- Chelsie Shakespeare
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
He could not stand. It was not
That he could not thrive, he was born
With everything but the will –
That can be deformed, just like a limb.
Death was more interesting to him.
Life could not get his attention.
- Ted Hughes
Season songs
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
If you gave [Jerry] Falwell an enema he could be buried in a matchbox.
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Death isn't the end, it's the beginning.
- Jennifer Love Hewitt
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
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