1,046 Quotes About Death-and-dying

What’s left when a loved one dies? What is the point of endless grieving and mourning? Can it bring the dead back to life?

I sit in grief, knowing that his death is a foreshadowing of my own.I think, We know it will happen to us.But somehow, we believe we can be lucky.We don’t realize that we are lucky.We are still here.

The most painful thing in life is to watch the people you love wither away.

Death is a pigeon flying off with straw in its beak, romance riding its shoulder as it heads for home

When God says you're ready, it does not matter where you are in life.

Life has meaning because death exists. We love the good times in life because they're fleeting, because we know they will soon be replaced by something else. But death itself is nothing to be afraid of. It's a natural part of life, the natural closure that everything builds to. Working in a nursing home has taught me that: We're all lunatics on a big space rock, pretending to be sane, pretending we can fix everything, pretending we won't die.

For some, it is a belovedthey are eager to meet.For some, it is an enemythey are anxious to face.For some, it is a strangerthey are trying to ignore.In truth, it is a destinythat nobody can escape.So, for me, when death comes there will only be acceptance.

The water run-off is like the race of time toward death.

Could it be that heaven is just a creation of our insane belief that we are some how.. so fucking special. When the truth is we’re just equal to every other creation that lives, breathes and ultimately dies.