1,046 Quotes About Death-and-dying

  • Author Trisha North
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    DEATHA woman who dreams of deathIs sitting in her room aloneWhile the clouds and the starsThat once saw the quiet fumesOf warReach out to grasp one anotherAnd stifle that fireBut the distinct formsAnd multitudesIn blursTakeoff racing in the earthen boundariesNever counting The parts they killedAs they were air-drivenWithin the velvet cores of her galaxy

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  • Author Marcus Aurelius
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    Do not be upset: all things follow the nature of the Whole, and in a little while you will be no one and nowhere. Concentrate on the matter in hand and see it for what it is. Remind yourself of your duty to be a good man and rehearse what man’s nature demands: then do it straight and unswerving. Always, though, in kindness, integrity, and sincerity.

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  • Author Murray Bail
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    It is not normal for a body to remain horizontal; beyond a certain length of time it attracts concern. Death and burial ('laid to rest') are seen as the natural horizontal states, which is surely why the calculated falsity of perpendicular deaths, such as hangings, crucifixions, burnings at the stakes, etc. produce such indelible shock.

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