13,737 Quotes About Death
- Author Alberto Savinio
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Mr. Codro's destiny is Ptolemaic; in other words, based on fiction. Ptolemaic says it all; it means above all fixed and unchanging, that is to say different from real life which is by nature changing and temporary. It means: not according to natural truth, but according to man's desire and the pretense inspired by his fear of dying and his desire for permanence.
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- Author Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
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Places change imperceptibly – in detail, at least – a good deal,' said the Doctor, making an effort to keep up a conversation that plainly would not go on itself; 'and people too; population shifts – there's an old fellow, sir, they call Death.
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- Author Marty Rubin
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Something will kill me someday but until then I'm swimming in ambrosia.
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- Author Raymond Carver
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I've crossed some kind of invisible line. I feel as if I've come to a place I never thought I'd have to come to. And I don't know how I got here. It's a strange place. It's a place where a little harmless dreaming and then some sleepy, early-morning talk has led me into considerations of death and annihilation.
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- Author Thomas Mann
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It is love, not reason, that is stronger than death.
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- Author Hans Christian Andersen
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Enjoy life. There's plenty of time to be dead.
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- Author Terry Pratchett
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You can't give her that!' she screamed. 'It's not safe!'IT'S A SWORD, said the Hogfather. THEY'RE NOT MEANT TO BE SAFE.'She's a child!' shouted Crumley.IT'S EDUCATIONAL.'What if she cuts herself?'THAT WILL BE AN IMPORTANT LESSON.
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- Author Brent Weeks
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Hope is the great deceiver. Hope is the piper who leads us sleepy to our slaughter.
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- Author James Fenimore Cooper
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You are young, and rich, and have friends, and at such an age I know it is hard to die!
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