13,737 Quotes About Death

It was the meanest moment of eternity.

Death has his favorites, like anyone. Those who are beloved of Death will not die.

Do not fear defeat nor death.

You lived what anybody gets, Bernie. You got a lifetime. No more. No less.

... just because [butterflies'] lives were short didn't mean they were tragic... See, they have a beautiful life.

To every man his little cross. Till he dies. And is forgotten.

Whenever you see flies or insects in a still life—a wilted petal, a black spot on the apple—the painter is giving you a secret message. He’s telling you that living things don’t last—it’s all temporary. Death in life. That’s why they’re called natures mortes. Maybe you don’t see it at first with all the beauty and bloom, the little speck of rot. But if you look closer—there it is.

Fear accompanies the possibility of death. Calm shepherds its certainty.–Captain Ka D’Argo, Farscape

And we wept that one so lovely should have a life so brief;