13,737 Quotes About Death

To survive or not to survive, that is the question.

I slept in your ashes last night. It was like you laid your shadow down before you left. It smelled like hearth smoke and winter air. I made a blanket of the empty space. I pressed my cheek against the place where yours had been.

Death and what came after death was no great mystery to Sabriel. She just wished it was.

When the dead do walk seek water's run,for this the Dead will always shun. Swift river's best or broadest laketo ward the dead and have and make.If water fails thee, fire's thy friend, if neither guards it will be thy end.

Somebody should tell us, right at the start of our lives, that we are dying. Then we might live life to the limit, every minute of every day. Do it! I say. Whatever you want to do, do it now! There are only so many tomorrows.

God says, "I know the plans I have for you, plans for good and not for evil, plans for a future and a hope.

You know, nothing is stronger than blood bonds. What else is the reason for the success of life insurance policies? Why bother with what happens to your blood relatives after your death? After all, you stop existing. Why then bother about what is happening to your kids, and why be concerned about what is happening on Earth even? Well, it’s because, after one’s final exit, one lives through one’s children.

Life’s such a fucking Hallmark film. The worst kind of shit will happen, and all you can do is turn to camera with a rueful smile and apologise to the audience for the delay. Just keep the show going. Wrap it all up in a neat quote and promise things will return to normal. I hear all the world’s a stage. I only wish it showcased a play I could exist from. If only this story would end. But you can’t say things like that out loud. It sounds slightly too suicidal.

I looked upon the sea, it was to be my grave