13,737 Quotes About Death

  • Author Margaret Atwood
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    Glenn used to say the reason you can't really imagine yourself being dead was that as soon as you say, 'I'll be dead,' you've said the word I, and so you're still alive inside the sentence. And that's how people got the idea of the immortality of the soul - it was a consequence of grammar.

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  • Author Jean Cocteau
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    The day of my birth, my death began its walk. It is walking toward me, without hurrying.

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  • Author Lauren Oliver
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    Let me tell you something about dying: it's not as bad as they says.it's the coming-back-to-life part that hurts.

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  • Author Lisa Klein
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    What is a man's life but a prelude to his death? And what is death but a long sleep, a most welcome forgetfulness.

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