13,737 Quotes About Death

I loved my mother too,' I said. 'I still do. That's the thing - it never goes away, even if the person does.

My life closed twice before its close; It yet remains to seeIf Immortality unveil A third event to me,So huge, so hopeless to conceive, As these that twice befell.Parting is all we know of heaven, And all we need of hell.

A choir of seedlings arching their necks out of rotted tree stumps, sucking life out of death. I am the forest's conscience, but remember, the forest eats itself and lives forever.

He gave her a bright fake smile; so much of life was a putting off of unhappiness for another time. Nothing was ever lost by delay. He had a dim idea that perhaps if one delayed long enough, things were taken out of one's hands altogether by death.

I realized then that all of the problems in my life that I thought were unsolvable were in fact solvable—except for having just jumped.

Damn it! How will I ever get out of this labyrinth?

Life is a predicament which precedes death.

This book is dedicated to my children, Pi, Coco, and Jay. When your grandkids are old enough to read this book, tell them how much I loved you.

But often life asks much of you, and you either honor life by answering with all your heart, or you cower your way into your grave.