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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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I’d never seen anything like it. First a trial, then a few murders, then dancing. Life goes on. Or, in this case, death continues.
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There is no death in remembrance. Remember me, Sarah. Remember me, and a part of me will always be with you." - Martha Carrier to her daughter, Sarah Carrier
- Kathleen Kent
The Heretic's Daughter
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Someone dying asks if there is life after death. Yes, comes the answer, only not yours.
- E.L. Doctorow
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A premature death does not only rob one of the countless instances where one would have experienced pleasure, it also saves one from the innumerable instances where one would have experienced pain.
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And, for one– ten thousandth of a second, all of it fell away, the despair and grief and anger and pain and hunger, and the old Ben Parish rose from the dead. The eyes that impaled. The smile that slayed. In another moment, he would fade, slide back into the new Ben, the one called Zombie, and I understood something I hadn’t before: He was dead, the object of my schoolgirl desires, just as the schoolgirl who desired him was dead.
- Rick Yancey
The Infinite Sea
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But what if all the tranquility, all the comfort, all the contentment were now to come to a horrifying end?
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Where is Polonius?
HAMLET
In heaven. Send hither to see. If your messenger find him not there, seek him i' th' other place yourself. But if indeed you find him not within this month, you shall nose him as you go up the stairs into the lobby.
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There is shadow under this red rock // (Come in under the shadow of this red rock) // And I will show you something different from either // Your shadow at morning striding behind you // Or your shadow at evening rising to meet you // I will show you fear in a handful of dust.
- T.S. Eliot
The Waste Land
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He wasn’t ready for death, but if it came today, he would face it with his head held high and Alexander Lightwood’s name on his lips.
- Cassandra Clare
The Red Scrolls of Magic
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Yes, blood for blood, his bitter loan came due. He paid with death.
- Euripides
Electra
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And anyway, it’s not as though I’ll never see Mum again, is it?
- J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
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My love, do you recall the object which we saw,
That fair, sweet, summer morn!
At a turn in the path a foul carcass
On a gravel strewn bed,

Its legs raised in the air, like a lustful woman,
Burning and dripping with poisons,
Displayed in a shameless, nonchalant way
Its belly, swollen with gases.

- A Carcass
- Charles Baudelaire
Les Fleurs du Mal
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One of the gravestones in the cemetery near the earliest church has an anchor on it and an hourglass, and the words In Hope.

In Hope. Why did they put that above a dead person? Was it the corpse hoping, or those still alive?
- Margaret Atwood
The Handmaid's Tale
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Darkling I listen; and, for many a time
I have been half in love with easeful Death...
- John Keats
The Complete Poems
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Everything comes to an end. A good bottle of wine, a summer’s day, a long-running sitcom, one’s life, and eventually our species. The question for many of us is not that everything will come to an end but when. And can we do anything vaguely useful until it does?
- Jasper Fforde
The Woman Who Died a Lot
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For he who lives more lives than one more deaths than one must die.
- Oscar Wilde
The Ballad of Reading Gaol and Other Poems
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No death, no doom, no anguish can arouse the surpassing despair which flows from a loss of identity.
- Through the Gates of the Silver Key
- H.P. Lovecraft
The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath
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Father Jakob mentioned to her that military men took it personally when women at home were assaulted. They were away fighting for their country and they believed the men left behind had an obligation to take care of and protect the women on the homefront. Maeve knew from experience women mostly had to take care of themselves.
- A.G. Russo
Bangtails, Grifters, and a Liar's Kiss
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Stand before his grave and use your gift of breath to complain of your limited time. If you dare.
- Lois McMaster Bujold
Paladin of Souls
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...our lack of sleep is a slow form of self-euthanasia...
- Matthew Walker
Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams
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You can't just make me different and then leave
- John Green
Looking for Alaska
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One wants to tell a story, like Scheherezade, in order not to die. It's one of the oldest urges in mankind. It's a way of stalling death.
- Carlos Fuentes
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[Children] just cannot be sad too long, it is not in them, as children mourn in little bits here and there like patchwork in their lives.
- Nancy E. Turner
These Is My Words: The Diary of Sarah Agnes Prine, 1881-1901
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Save the world. What a thought. Was this asteroid really speeding
toward Earth on a collision course? Would it really wipe out everything?
Could humans really do anything to stop it? It was just too incredible.
As she considered the circumstances of her life right now, she felt like
she’d just stuck her face into the middle of a tornado. But Jeremy wasn’t
the tornado. He was an anchor for her heart, and a piece of her she knew
she had been missing all her life. He was the kind of guy little girls dream
of when they wish to grow up and marry a wonderful prince— strong,
sensitive, smart, kind, the list just went on.
She smiled at herself. It seems that it’s difficult to focus on the end of the
world when you’ve just found love.    
- Jody Summers
The Mayan Legacy
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I’d never seen anything like it. First a trial, then a few murders, then dancing. Life goes on. Or, in this case, death continues.
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
There is no death in remembrance. Remember me, Sarah. Remember me, and a part of me will always be with you." - Martha Carrier to her daughter, Sarah Carrier
- Kathleen Kent
The Heretic's Daughter
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Someone dying asks if there is life after death. Yes, comes the answer, only not yours.
- E.L. Doctorow
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
A premature death does not only rob one of the countless instances where one would have experienced pleasure, it also saves one from the innumerable instances where one would have experienced pain.
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
And, for one– ten thousandth of a second, all of it fell away, the despair and grief and anger and pain and hunger, and the old Ben Parish rose from the dead. The eyes that impaled. The smile that slayed. In another moment, he would fade, slide back into the new Ben, the one called Zombie, and I understood something I hadn’t before: He was dead, the object of my schoolgirl desires, just as the schoolgirl who desired him was dead.
- Rick Yancey
The Infinite Sea
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
But what if all the tranquility, all the comfort, all the contentment were now to come to a horrifying end?
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Where is Polonius?
HAMLET
In heaven. Send hither to see. If your messenger find him not there, seek him i' th' other place yourself. But if indeed you find him not within this month, you shall nose him as you go up the stairs into the lobby.
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
There is shadow under this red rock // (Come in under the shadow of this red rock) // And I will show you something different from either // Your shadow at morning striding behind you // Or your shadow at evening rising to meet you // I will show you fear in a handful of dust.
- T.S. Eliot
The Waste Land
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
He wasn’t ready for death, but if it came today, he would face it with his head held high and Alexander Lightwood’s name on his lips.
- Cassandra Clare
The Red Scrolls of Magic
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Yes, blood for blood, his bitter loan came due. He paid with death.
- Euripides
Electra
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
And anyway, it’s not as though I’ll never see Mum again, is it?
- J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
My love, do you recall the object which we saw,
That fair, sweet, summer morn!
At a turn in the path a foul carcass
On a gravel strewn bed,

Its legs raised in the air, like a lustful woman,
Burning and dripping with poisons,
Displayed in a shameless, nonchalant way
Its belly, swollen with gases.

- A Carcass
- Charles Baudelaire
Les Fleurs du Mal
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
One of the gravestones in the cemetery near the earliest church has an anchor on it and an hourglass, and the words In Hope.

In Hope. Why did they put that above a dead person? Was it the corpse hoping, or those still alive?
- Margaret Atwood
The Handmaid's Tale
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Darkling I listen; and, for many a time
I have been half in love with easeful Death...
- John Keats
The Complete Poems
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Everything comes to an end. A good bottle of wine, a summer’s day, a long-running sitcom, one’s life, and eventually our species. The question for many of us is not that everything will come to an end but when. And can we do anything vaguely useful until it does?
- Jasper Fforde
The Woman Who Died a Lot
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
For he who lives more lives than one more deaths than one must die.
- Oscar Wilde
The Ballad of Reading Gaol and Other Poems
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
No death, no doom, no anguish can arouse the surpassing despair which flows from a loss of identity.
- Through the Gates of the Silver Key
- H.P. Lovecraft
The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Father Jakob mentioned to her that military men took it personally when women at home were assaulted. They were away fighting for their country and they believed the men left behind had an obligation to take care of and protect the women on the homefront. Maeve knew from experience women mostly had to take care of themselves.
- A.G. Russo
Bangtails, Grifters, and a Liar's Kiss
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Stand before his grave and use your gift of breath to complain of your limited time. If you dare.
- Lois McMaster Bujold
Paladin of Souls
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
...our lack of sleep is a slow form of self-euthanasia...
- Matthew Walker
Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
You can't just make me different and then leave
- John Green
Looking for Alaska
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
One wants to tell a story, like Scheherezade, in order not to die. It's one of the oldest urges in mankind. It's a way of stalling death.
- Carlos Fuentes
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
[Children] just cannot be sad too long, it is not in them, as children mourn in little bits here and there like patchwork in their lives.
- Nancy E. Turner
These Is My Words: The Diary of Sarah Agnes Prine, 1881-1901
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Save the world. What a thought. Was this asteroid really speeding
toward Earth on a collision course? Would it really wipe out everything?
Could humans really do anything to stop it? It was just too incredible.
As she considered the circumstances of her life right now, she felt like
she’d just stuck her face into the middle of a tornado. But Jeremy wasn’t
the tornado. He was an anchor for her heart, and a piece of her she knew
she had been missing all her life. He was the kind of guy little girls dream
of when they wish to grow up and marry a wonderful prince— strong,
sensitive, smart, kind, the list just went on.
She smiled at herself. It seems that it’s difficult to focus on the end of the
world when you’ve just found love.    
- Jody Summers
The Mayan Legacy
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
I’d never seen anything like it. First a trial, then a few murders, then dancing. Life goes on. Or, in this case, death continues.
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
There is no death in remembrance. Remember me, Sarah. Remember me, and a part of me will always be with you." - Martha Carrier to her daughter, Sarah Carrier
- Kathleen Kent
The Heretic's Daughter
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Someone dying asks if there is life after death. Yes, comes the answer, only not yours.
- E.L. Doctorow
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
A premature death does not only rob one of the countless instances where one would have experienced pleasure, it also saves one from the innumerable instances where one would have experienced pain.
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
And, for one– ten thousandth of a second, all of it fell away, the despair and grief and anger and pain and hunger, and the old Ben Parish rose from the dead. The eyes that impaled. The smile that slayed. In another moment, he would fade, slide back into the new Ben, the one called Zombie, and I understood something I hadn’t before: He was dead, the object of my schoolgirl desires, just as the schoolgirl who desired him was dead.
- Rick Yancey
The Infinite Sea
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
But what if all the tranquility, all the comfort, all the contentment were now to come to a horrifying end?
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Where is Polonius?
HAMLET
In heaven. Send hither to see. If your messenger find him not there, seek him i' th' other place yourself. But if indeed you find him not within this month, you shall nose him as you go up the stairs into the lobby.
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
There is shadow under this red rock // (Come in under the shadow of this red rock) // And I will show you something different from either // Your shadow at morning striding behind you // Or your shadow at evening rising to meet you // I will show you fear in a handful of dust.
- T.S. Eliot
The Waste Land
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
He wasn’t ready for death, but if it came today, he would face it with his head held high and Alexander Lightwood’s name on his lips.
- Cassandra Clare
The Red Scrolls of Magic
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Yes, blood for blood, his bitter loan came due. He paid with death.
- Euripides
Electra
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
And anyway, it’s not as though I’ll never see Mum again, is it?
- J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
My love, do you recall the object which we saw,
That fair, sweet, summer morn!
At a turn in the path a foul carcass
On a gravel strewn bed,

Its legs raised in the air, like a lustful woman,
Burning and dripping with poisons,
Displayed in a shameless, nonchalant way
Its belly, swollen with gases.

- A Carcass
- Charles Baudelaire
Les Fleurs du Mal
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
One of the gravestones in the cemetery near the earliest church has an anchor on it and an hourglass, and the words In Hope.

In Hope. Why did they put that above a dead person? Was it the corpse hoping, or those still alive?
- Margaret Atwood
The Handmaid's Tale
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Darkling I listen; and, for many a time
I have been half in love with easeful Death...
- John Keats
The Complete Poems
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Everything comes to an end. A good bottle of wine, a summer’s day, a long-running sitcom, one’s life, and eventually our species. The question for many of us is not that everything will come to an end but when. And can we do anything vaguely useful until it does?
- Jasper Fforde
The Woman Who Died a Lot
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
For he who lives more lives than one more deaths than one must die.
- Oscar Wilde
The Ballad of Reading Gaol and Other Poems
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
No death, no doom, no anguish can arouse the surpassing despair which flows from a loss of identity.
- Through the Gates of the Silver Key
- H.P. Lovecraft
The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Father Jakob mentioned to her that military men took it personally when women at home were assaulted. They were away fighting for their country and they believed the men left behind had an obligation to take care of and protect the women on the homefront. Maeve knew from experience women mostly had to take care of themselves.
- A.G. Russo
Bangtails, Grifters, and a Liar's Kiss
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Stand before his grave and use your gift of breath to complain of your limited time. If you dare.
- Lois McMaster Bujold
Paladin of Souls
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
...our lack of sleep is a slow form of self-euthanasia...
- Matthew Walker
Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
You can't just make me different and then leave
- John Green
Looking for Alaska
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
One wants to tell a story, like Scheherezade, in order not to die. It's one of the oldest urges in mankind. It's a way of stalling death.
- Carlos Fuentes
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
[Children] just cannot be sad too long, it is not in them, as children mourn in little bits here and there like patchwork in their lives.
- Nancy E. Turner
These Is My Words: The Diary of Sarah Agnes Prine, 1881-1901
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
Save the world. What a thought. Was this asteroid really speeding
toward Earth on a collision course? Would it really wipe out everything?
Could humans really do anything to stop it? It was just too incredible.
As she considered the circumstances of her life right now, she felt like
she’d just stuck her face into the middle of a tornado. But Jeremy wasn’t
the tornado. He was an anchor for her heart, and a piece of her she knew
she had been missing all her life. He was the kind of guy little girls dream
of when they wish to grow up and marry a wonderful prince— strong,
sensitive, smart, kind, the list just went on.
She smiled at herself. It seems that it’s difficult to focus on the end of the
world when you’ve just found love.    
- Jody Summers
The Mayan Legacy
Avg Rating: --Rate This Quote
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