1,046 Quotes About Death-and-dying

We are the dead. Our only true life is in the future. We shall take part in it as handfuls of dust and splinters of bone. But how far away that future may be, there is no knowing.

... after daybreak is when I will already have died. At that moment I will only know of beautiful things: the certainties, the desires. When the sun bathes me, I will be something else: without mirrors, without sadness. I will have passed away, but will have been reborn. I will whistle mellifluous melodies. Discredited but, in the end, light.

Remember, you are as dispensable as the most indispensable king of kings, the mighty lord of silly worldly men.

No reason. They (some things) just are, and that's all there is to it. Some things you just have to accept and move on from.

We all want to become more than we are, we want to live forever, that is why we hate death and create the afterlife.

I looked at her small, sunken face and wanted to scream out loud and cry. I wanted everyone in the entire world to know how much I loved my mum and to know how much my heart was breaking for her right now.

- C'est bizarre que nous, qui sommes sur une île, nous ne mettions pas nos morts sur des barques, la nuit, comme ça la mer les emporterait au loin et nous resterions à regarder les feux qui disparaissent à l'horizon de la vie.- Les cimetières existent parce que savoir que le mort est dans un endroit précis est une consolation.- D'accord, mais quel autre endroit pourrait être plus précis que le cœur ?

Le lacrime sono fatte come remi, il dolore e la tristezza vogano. Chi piange a un funerale, piange nondimeno la propria morte e quella del mondo, perché tutto muore e alla fine non resta niente.- Luce d'estate ed è subito notte

The moment you will be most stiff is when you die - you never get stiffer than that. So you've got to sleep well, eat well and keep moving.