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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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Men should think twice before making widowhood women's only path to power.
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Weeping is not the same thing as crying. It takes your whole body to weep, and when it's over, you feel like you don't have any bones left to hold you up.
- Sarah Ockler
Twenty Boy Summer
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Delaying death is one of my favorite hobbies
- Rick Riordan
The Mark of Athena
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It's true, I am afraid of dying. I am afraid of the world moving forward without me, of my absence going unnoticed, or worse, being some natural force propelling life on. Is it selfish? Am I such a bad person for dreaming of a world that ends when I do? I don't mean the world ending with respect to me, but every set of eyes closing with mine.
- Jonathan Safran Foer
Everything is Illuminated
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He died that day because his body had served its purpose. His soul had done what it came to do, learned what it came to learn, and then was free to leave.
- Garth Stein
The Art of Racing in the Rain
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I wanted to explain that I am constantly overestimating and underestimating the human race - that rarely do I even simply estimate it. I wanted to ask her how the same thing could be so ugly and so glorious, and its words and stories so damning and brilliant...I AM HAUNTED BY HUMANS.
- Markus Zusak
The Book Thief
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Carve your name on hearts, not tombstones. A legacy is etched into the minds of others and the stories they share about you.
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No More Games. No More Bombs. No More Walking. No More Fun. No More Swimming. 67. That is 17 years past 50. 17 more than I needed or wanted. Boring. I am always bitchy. No Fun — for anybody. 67. You are getting Greedy. Act your old age. Relax — This won't hurt
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Those we love never truly leave us, Harry. There are things that death cannot touch.
- Jack Thorne
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child: Parts One and Two
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The thought that I might kill myself formed in my mind coolly as a tree or a flower.
- Sylvia Plath
The Bell Jar
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Things die. But they don't always stay dead. Believe me, I know.
- Richelle Mead
Frostbite
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Would you like me to [kill you] now?" asked Snape, his voice heavy with irony. "Or would you like a few moments to compose an epitaph?
- J. K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
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Sometimes dead is better
- Stephen King
Pet Sematary
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Perfection of character is this: to live each day as if it were your last, without frenzy, without apathy, without pretence.
- Marcus Aurelius
Meditations
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He Is Not Dead

I cannot say, and I will not say
That he is dead. He is just away.
With a cheery smile, and a wave of the hand,
He has wandered into an unknown land
And left us dreaming how very fair
It needs must be, since he lingers there.
And you—oh you, who the wildest yearn
For an old-time step, and the glad return,
Think of him faring on, as dear
In the love of There as the love of Here.
Think of him still as the same. I say,
He is not dead—he is just away.
- James Whitcomb Riley
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Death should take me while I am in the mood.
- Nathaniel Hawthorne
The Blithedale Romance
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She had always found villains more exciting than heroes. They had ambition, passion. They made the stories happen. Villains didn't fear death. No, they wrapped themselves in death like suits of armor! As she inhaled the school's graveyard smell, Agatha felt her blood rush. For like all villains, death didn't scare her. It made her feel alive.
- Soman Chainani
The School for Good and Evil
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Sadly enough, the most painful goodbyes are the ones that are left unsaid and never explained.
- Jonathan Harnisch
Freak
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People die all the time. Life is a lot more fragile than we think. So you should treat others in a way that leaves no regrets. Fairly, and if possible, sincerely. It's too easy not to make the effort, then weep and wring your hands after the person dies.
- Haruki Murakami
Dance Dance Dance
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Darkling I listen; and, for many a time
I have been half in love with easeful Death,
Call'd him soft names in many a musèd rhyme,
To take into the air my quiet breath;
Now more than ever seems it rich to die,
To cease upon the midnight with no pain,
While thou art pouring forth thy soul abroad
In such an ecstasy!
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Did you get notes for me?"
"No", Ronan replied,"I thought you were dead in a ditch.
- Maggie Stiefvater
The Raven Boys
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Each time we don't say what we wanna say, we're dying.
- Yoko Ono
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Oh, brothers! I don't care for brothers. My elder brother won't die, and my younger brothers seem never to do anything else.
- Oscar Wilde
The Picture of Dorian Gray
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It never gets easier, missing you. And sometimes I wonder if it ever will.
- Heather Brewer
Ninth Grade Slays
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Men should think twice before making widowhood women's only path to power.
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Weeping is not the same thing as crying. It takes your whole body to weep, and when it's over, you feel like you don't have any bones left to hold you up.
- Sarah Ockler
Twenty Boy Summer
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Delaying death is one of my favorite hobbies
- Rick Riordan
The Mark of Athena
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It's true, I am afraid of dying. I am afraid of the world moving forward without me, of my absence going unnoticed, or worse, being some natural force propelling life on. Is it selfish? Am I such a bad person for dreaming of a world that ends when I do? I don't mean the world ending with respect to me, but every set of eyes closing with mine.
- Jonathan Safran Foer
Everything is Illuminated
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He died that day because his body had served its purpose. His soul had done what it came to do, learned what it came to learn, and then was free to leave.
- Garth Stein
The Art of Racing in the Rain
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I wanted to explain that I am constantly overestimating and underestimating the human race - that rarely do I even simply estimate it. I wanted to ask her how the same thing could be so ugly and so glorious, and its words and stories so damning and brilliant...I AM HAUNTED BY HUMANS.
- Markus Zusak
The Book Thief
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Carve your name on hearts, not tombstones. A legacy is etched into the minds of others and the stories they share about you.
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
No More Games. No More Bombs. No More Walking. No More Fun. No More Swimming. 67. That is 17 years past 50. 17 more than I needed or wanted. Boring. I am always bitchy. No Fun — for anybody. 67. You are getting Greedy. Act your old age. Relax — This won't hurt
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Those we love never truly leave us, Harry. There are things that death cannot touch.
- Jack Thorne
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child: Parts One and Two
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
The thought that I might kill myself formed in my mind coolly as a tree or a flower.
- Sylvia Plath
The Bell Jar
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Things die. But they don't always stay dead. Believe me, I know.
- Richelle Mead
Frostbite
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Would you like me to [kill you] now?" asked Snape, his voice heavy with irony. "Or would you like a few moments to compose an epitaph?
- J. K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Sometimes dead is better
- Stephen King
Pet Sematary
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Perfection of character is this: to live each day as if it were your last, without frenzy, without apathy, without pretence.
- Marcus Aurelius
Meditations
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He Is Not Dead

I cannot say, and I will not say
That he is dead. He is just away.
With a cheery smile, and a wave of the hand,
He has wandered into an unknown land
And left us dreaming how very fair
It needs must be, since he lingers there.
And you—oh you, who the wildest yearn
For an old-time step, and the glad return,
Think of him faring on, as dear
In the love of There as the love of Here.
Think of him still as the same. I say,
He is not dead—he is just away.
- James Whitcomb Riley
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Death should take me while I am in the mood.
- Nathaniel Hawthorne
The Blithedale Romance
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
She had always found villains more exciting than heroes. They had ambition, passion. They made the stories happen. Villains didn't fear death. No, they wrapped themselves in death like suits of armor! As she inhaled the school's graveyard smell, Agatha felt her blood rush. For like all villains, death didn't scare her. It made her feel alive.
- Soman Chainani
The School for Good and Evil
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Sadly enough, the most painful goodbyes are the ones that are left unsaid and never explained.
- Jonathan Harnisch
Freak
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
People die all the time. Life is a lot more fragile than we think. So you should treat others in a way that leaves no regrets. Fairly, and if possible, sincerely. It's too easy not to make the effort, then weep and wring your hands after the person dies.
- Haruki Murakami
Dance Dance Dance
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Darkling I listen; and, for many a time
I have been half in love with easeful Death,
Call'd him soft names in many a musèd rhyme,
To take into the air my quiet breath;
Now more than ever seems it rich to die,
To cease upon the midnight with no pain,
While thou art pouring forth thy soul abroad
In such an ecstasy!
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Did you get notes for me?"
"No", Ronan replied,"I thought you were dead in a ditch.
- Maggie Stiefvater
The Raven Boys
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Each time we don't say what we wanna say, we're dying.
- Yoko Ono
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Oh, brothers! I don't care for brothers. My elder brother won't die, and my younger brothers seem never to do anything else.
- Oscar Wilde
The Picture of Dorian Gray
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It never gets easier, missing you. And sometimes I wonder if it ever will.
- Heather Brewer
Ninth Grade Slays
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Men should think twice before making widowhood women's only path to power.
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Weeping is not the same thing as crying. It takes your whole body to weep, and when it's over, you feel like you don't have any bones left to hold you up.
- Sarah Ockler
Twenty Boy Summer
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Delaying death is one of my favorite hobbies
- Rick Riordan
The Mark of Athena
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
It's true, I am afraid of dying. I am afraid of the world moving forward without me, of my absence going unnoticed, or worse, being some natural force propelling life on. Is it selfish? Am I such a bad person for dreaming of a world that ends when I do? I don't mean the world ending with respect to me, but every set of eyes closing with mine.
- Jonathan Safran Foer
Everything is Illuminated
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
He died that day because his body had served its purpose. His soul had done what it came to do, learned what it came to learn, and then was free to leave.
- Garth Stein
The Art of Racing in the Rain
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
I wanted to explain that I am constantly overestimating and underestimating the human race - that rarely do I even simply estimate it. I wanted to ask her how the same thing could be so ugly and so glorious, and its words and stories so damning and brilliant...I AM HAUNTED BY HUMANS.
- Markus Zusak
The Book Thief
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Carve your name on hearts, not tombstones. A legacy is etched into the minds of others and the stories they share about you.
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
No More Games. No More Bombs. No More Walking. No More Fun. No More Swimming. 67. That is 17 years past 50. 17 more than I needed or wanted. Boring. I am always bitchy. No Fun — for anybody. 67. You are getting Greedy. Act your old age. Relax — This won't hurt
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Those we love never truly leave us, Harry. There are things that death cannot touch.
- Jack Thorne
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child: Parts One and Two
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
The thought that I might kill myself formed in my mind coolly as a tree or a flower.
- Sylvia Plath
The Bell Jar
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Things die. But they don't always stay dead. Believe me, I know.
- Richelle Mead
Frostbite
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Would you like me to [kill you] now?" asked Snape, his voice heavy with irony. "Or would you like a few moments to compose an epitaph?
- J. K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Sometimes dead is better
- Stephen King
Pet Sematary
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Perfection of character is this: to live each day as if it were your last, without frenzy, without apathy, without pretence.
- Marcus Aurelius
Meditations
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
He Is Not Dead

I cannot say, and I will not say
That he is dead. He is just away.
With a cheery smile, and a wave of the hand,
He has wandered into an unknown land
And left us dreaming how very fair
It needs must be, since he lingers there.
And you—oh you, who the wildest yearn
For an old-time step, and the glad return,
Think of him faring on, as dear
In the love of There as the love of Here.
Think of him still as the same. I say,
He is not dead—he is just away.
- James Whitcomb Riley
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Death should take me while I am in the mood.
- Nathaniel Hawthorne
The Blithedale Romance
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
She had always found villains more exciting than heroes. They had ambition, passion. They made the stories happen. Villains didn't fear death. No, they wrapped themselves in death like suits of armor! As she inhaled the school's graveyard smell, Agatha felt her blood rush. For like all villains, death didn't scare her. It made her feel alive.
- Soman Chainani
The School for Good and Evil
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Sadly enough, the most painful goodbyes are the ones that are left unsaid and never explained.
- Jonathan Harnisch
Freak
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
People die all the time. Life is a lot more fragile than we think. So you should treat others in a way that leaves no regrets. Fairly, and if possible, sincerely. It's too easy not to make the effort, then weep and wring your hands after the person dies.
- Haruki Murakami
Dance Dance Dance
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Darkling I listen; and, for many a time
I have been half in love with easeful Death,
Call'd him soft names in many a musèd rhyme,
To take into the air my quiet breath;
Now more than ever seems it rich to die,
To cease upon the midnight with no pain,
While thou art pouring forth thy soul abroad
In such an ecstasy!
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Did you get notes for me?"
"No", Ronan replied,"I thought you were dead in a ditch.
- Maggie Stiefvater
The Raven Boys
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Each time we don't say what we wanna say, we're dying.
- Yoko Ono
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Oh, brothers! I don't care for brothers. My elder brother won't die, and my younger brothers seem never to do anything else.
- Oscar Wilde
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
It never gets easier, missing you. And sometimes I wonder if it ever will.
- Heather Brewer
Ninth Grade Slays
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
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